Activity for the book My Psychology

Chapter App 9.1 Prenatal Development

Use your experience with the app in Chapter App: 9.1 Prenatal Development or view this video overview to answer the questions.

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The What to Expect app covers prenatal development starting with the first week of pregnancy. What is the human organism called at this very early stage in pregnancy, covering the first two weeks after fertilization?
Amaya is in her 24th week of pregnancy, the point at which the What to Expect app tells her that her fetus can hear and recognize sound. On the first instance of hearing a new sound, Amaya can feel her baby move around excitedly, but this excitement diminishes after repeated exposure to the sound. This process of decreased interest in a repeated sound is known as .
Alexia reads on the What to Expect app that she should avoid eating certain types of fish because they may contain levels of mercury, which is considered a teratogen. Which of the following is also a teratogen?
Levi has an infant daughter and he is reading about reflexes on the What to Expect app. According to the article, his child should begin to exhibit a Moro reflex, which means she will do what?
By reading about the day-to-day and week-to-week development that their fetus and infant undergo, parents using the What to Expect app can get a sense of the gradual, barely noticeable changes, which are examples of development.