Evolutionary Perspective
The evolutionary process which individuals of a species that are best adapted to their environment are most likely to survive.
What is Natural Selection?
A unit of DNA that is usually located on a chromosome and that controls the development of one or more traits
What is a Gene?
The study of genetic and environmental influences on behaviors.
what are Prenatal diagnostic tests?
involves testing the fetus before birth (prenatally) to determine whether the fetus has certain abnormalities, including certain hereditary or spontaneous genetic disorders.
what is the birth process?
The birth process is the time period from the start of productive contractions to birth.
what is dementia?
chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.
Efforts of two or more genes in specifying the phenotype for a specific trait.
What is the Collaborative Gene?
what is bonding?
the establishment of a relationship or link with someone based on shared feelings, interests, or experiences
describe what Prenatal care is?
its goal is to provide regular check-ups that allow doctors or midwives to treat and prevent potential health problems throughout the course of the pregnancy and to promote healthy lifestyles that benefit both mother and child.
what is Preterm infants?
is a baby born before 37 completed weeks of gestation (more than 3 weeks before the due date)
what happens in mitosis and meiosis?
are nuclear division processes that occur during cell division. ... Two daughter cells are produced after mitosis and cytoplasmic division, while four daughter cells are produced after meiosis. Daughter cells resulting from mitosis are diploid, while those resulting from meiosis are haploid.
A threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
What is a Chromosome?
The association between the genotype a child inherits from his or her parents and the environment in which the child is raised.
What are Heredity-Environment Correlations?
the nature of genetic expression is affected by what factor?
Environmental factors such as diet, temperature, oxygen levels, humidity, light cycles, and the presence of mutagens can all impact which of an animal's genes are expressed, which ultimately affects the animal's phenotype.
what is low birth weight?
the World Health Organization as a birth weight of a infant of 2,499 g or less, regardless of gestational age.
A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations
What is Evolutionary Psychology?
The rules or standards governing the biological phenomenon of heredity
What are Genetic Principles?
When two different genotypes respond to environmental variation in different ways.
What is Gene–environment interaction?
what are some examples of Hazards to prenatal development?
can be slowed, birth defects or death of the unborn child can occur, and there is a higher risk for premature birth, as well as addiction.
what is the postpartum period?
A postpartum period begins immediately after the birth of a child as the mother's body, including hormone levels and uterus size, returns to a non-pregnant state
The ability to work, practice social skills, and take personal responsibility
What is Adaptive Behavior?
A condition that is caused by an abnormality in an individual's DNA.
What are Genetic Linked Abnormalities?
The study of heritable changes in gene expression that do not involve changes to the underlying DNA sequence.
What is Epigenetic View?
The germinal stage, the embryonic period, and the fetal period.
What is the course of prenatal development?
what is Transition from fetus to newborn?
is a critical time of physiological adaptation. ... The fetus must move from reliance on the maternal heart, lungs, metabolic and thermal systems to being able to self-sufficiently deliver oxygenated blood to the tissues and regulate various body processes.