Developmental Psychology: Prenatal psychology

Question 1

What does the foetus engage in before it establishes day night cycles?

Answer 1

Constant movement

Question 2

When do senses become functional and what does this mark the end of

Answer 2

8 weeks (marks the end of the empryonic period and organogenesis, the process of organ development in very early development from very first cell divisions til about 10 weeks) until 26 weeks

Question 3

Which sense develop first,

Answer 3

Touch, chemical senses of smell and taste, auditory and lastly sight

Question 4

How does the foetus use the senses in the womb

Answer 4

The foetus moves its body to move its hands to its face, it injects amniotic fluid, is impacted by sound waves including the mothers voice, vision is the exception because there’s very little patterned light.

Question 5

Give a difference between the development of the visual and auditory system

Answer 5

external systems to the auditory system allow for pre natal learning and recognition memory.