Developmental Psychology: From birth to death
Nature Vs. Nurture
The way you were born The way you were raised.
Prenatal Development: Conception begins with the drop of an egg and the release of about 200 million sperm.
Nature Vs. Nurture
The way you were born The way you were raised.
Prenatal Development: Conception begins with the drop of an egg and the release of about 200 million sperm.
- The sperm seeks out the egg and attempts to penetrate the eggs surface.
Once the sperm penetrates the egg- we have a fertilized egg called...the Zygote
- 1st stage of prenatal development lasts about 2 weeks and consists of rapid cell division.
Zygotes
- Less than half of all zygotes survive first two weeks.
- About 10 days after conception, the zygotes will attach itself to the uterine wall
- The outer part of the zygote becomes the placenta (Which filters nutrients).