Within the field of developmental psychology, the zygote is recognized as the earliest possible human life stage, initiating the prenatal period which lasts for two weeks. This singular cell with the genetic makeup of a human is created at conception, which occurs when the sperm and ovum unite. This period is also called the germinal […]
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The term zeitgeist is translated to the ‘spirit of the time’ which denotes the underlying dominant cultural, social and intellectual tendencies of a specific time period and in psychology how the prevailing social attitudes and contexts impact the behavior, theories, and discoveries of that time. To illustrate, Freud’s theories on sexuality were postulated in a […]