The Prenatal Period of Development Is Important to Developmental Theorists

question 35

Multiple Choice

The prenatal period of development is important to developmental theorists because:

• A) they now understand the mechanisms by which the undifferentiated cells of the zygote first become the blastocyst and then the multitude of cells present at birth.
• B) it serves as a model for development during all subsequent periods.
• C) it has helped prove that epigenesis is a faulty explanation for mechanisms that drive developmental change.
• D) the rate of growth during the period of prenatal development predicts later physical development.

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