Module 42: Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn

Readings

Module 42, Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn, page 440-49.

Learning Targets

42-1 Identify three issues that have engaged developmental psychologists.

42-2 Discuss the course of prenatal development, and explain how teratogens affect that development.

42-3 Describe some abilities of the newborn, and explain how researchers are able to explore infants’ mental abilities.