What is the process of biological development from conception to birth?
Refer to Lesson 2.1 Unit Overview: Human development from conception to birth, for information regarding the three stages of prenatal development.
What is the process of cognitive development from conception to birth?
Some simple aspects of the functioning of the human nervous system appear very early. Indeed the blood circulation system and the nervous system are the first to function in embryonic life, with heartbeat commencing in the third week following conception. By the second month, an avoidance reaction, the withdrawal of the hand region by contraction of the neck muscles, occurs if an unpleasant stimulus is applied to the embryonic upper lip. These developments imply that simple arc reflexes are already differentiated at this stage, with appropriate synaptic connections and interneuronal activity being brought into play in order to coordinate muscular movements (Rose, 1989, p. 192).
What is the process of socioemotional development from conception to birth?
The fetus is no passive passenger in the womb, nor is the woman simply “carrying” the fetus (Kisilevsky and Low, 1998). Development is interactive even before birth. Research suggests that, at least in some ways, fetuses prepare more than just their reflexes and organ systems for physiological functioning after birth: they also begin to accustom themselves to the particulars of the social world that they soon will join. Meanwhile, mothers begin to identify features of their future offspring: almost all pregnant women, by the last trimester are talking to, patting, and dreaming about their long-awaited child (Berger, 2000, p. 106).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65BV5dXXxzM&NR=1
http://www.babycenter.ca/video/pregnancy/weeks-1-to-9-pregnancy/
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