Chapter one begins by explaining how lifespan development has a more scientific approach to common questions. Lifespan development is a field of study that looks into patterns of growth, change, and stability that occur throughout an entire life. Some more vocabulary covered in this module is physical development, which includes the development of the body’s physical makeup, such as the brain, nervous system, muscles, and senses, and how food, drink, and sleep are essential for proper function. Cognitive development is characterized in lifespan development as development that involves the ways that growth and change impacts a person’s behavior. Personality development involve characteristics that make an individual distinct from others. Social development is the way one interacts with others as they grow and change.
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Fertilization is the process of when a male and female gametes join to form a new cell. The embryonic stage is the first two to eight weeks. The fetal stage is eight weeks to birth. Infertility is the inability to conceive. Artificial insemination is a controlled fertilization where a sperm is place into a woman’s reproductive system. In vitro fertilization is a procedure where a woman’s ova are extracted as well as a male’s sperm which is used to fertilize the ova in a laboratory setting. Miscarriage is also known as a spontaneous abortion, and abortions is when a mother chooses to terminate the child. A teratogen is a produced birth defect, these factors are based on a mother’s diet, age, health, and use of drugs. Fetal alcohol syndrome is a disorder that occurs due to a mother’s consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. This results in potential retardation and birth defects. New research shows that a father can effect prenatal environment due to inflicting stress on the pregnant
A cohort is a group of people born around the same time and place. An example of a cohort would …show more content…
Fertilization is the process of when a male and female gametes join to form a new cell. The embryonic stage is the first two to eight weeks. The fetal stage is eight weeks to birth. Infertility is the inability to conceive. Artificial insemination is a controlled fertilization where a sperm is place into a woman’s reproductive system. In vitro fertilization is a procedure where a woman’s ova are extracted as well as a male’s sperm which is used to fertilize the ova in a laboratory setting. Miscarriage is also known as a spontaneous abortion, and abortions is when a mother chooses to terminate the child. A teratogen is a produced birth defect, these factors are based on a mother’s diet, age, health, and use of drugs. Fetal alcohol syndrome is a disorder that occurs due to a mother’s consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. This results in potential retardation and birth defects. New research shows that a father can effect prenatal environment due to inflicting stress on the pregnant