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Genetics
DNA
Epigenetics
Nature Vs. Nurture
Critical/Sensitive Periods
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Passing of traits from parents to child is the basis of ____.
What is heredity?
100
What does DNA stand for?
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid?
100
The study of chemical reactions and the factors that influence them are ____.
What is epigenetics?
100
Behavioral genetic studies have revealed that generally over half of the variation in individual behaviors and traits is due to ______ _______.
What is environmental factors?
100
When does the most intense development occur?
During the first 3 years of the childs life.
200
What do genes define?
Genes encode the instructions that define our traits.
200
What is inside the nucleus of every cell?
Instructions providing all of the information necessary for a living organism to grow.
200
DNA code is to fixed, as epigenome is to ____.
What is flexible?
200
Is there a correct way to look at Nature versus Nurture?
No, both nature AND nurture equally play an important role in a persons life.
200
The brain is most sensitive, or able to be shaped, during the _____.
What is critical period?
300
How many chromosomes does the child receive from the mom and the dad?
Half from each parent.
300
What do the letters of the DNA alphabet stand for? (A,C,T,G)
What is Guanine, Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine.
300
What does the epigenome respond too?
Stress, diet, behavior, toxins, and other factors.
300
How does a childs environment effect their life?
A child’s environment shapes how circuits are formed and functions develop.
300
When does brain development begin?
Before birth and continues through adulthood.
400
Most cells in our body contain how many chromosomes?
2 sets of 23, equaling out to 46.
400
Humans have 4 different methods of inheritance associated with different DNA types. What are they?
Autsomal, X Chromosome, Y Chromosome, and Mitochondria.
400
Identical twins develop from a single fertilized egg and they have the same genome. Any difference between them is due to ____.
Environment. By adult hood twins are very different.
400
What role do genes play in a childs life?
Genes determine when specific brain circuits are ready to be formed.
400
The months following birth, are critical for what developmental areas?
What is vision and hearing?
500
How are similar traits passed through the families?
Similar chromosomes being passed down through offspring.
500
A DNA molecule comes in the form of a twisted ladder shape scientists call a ____.
What is a double helix?
500
TRUE OR FALSE: Epigenetic tags record the cell's experiences on the DNA, helping to stabilize gene expression.
True.
500
Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model highlights the need to consider interactions between _____, ____, ____, ____ and _____ characteristics in understanding individual differences in human development.
What is individual, family, peer, school, and community characteristics?
500
Children who experience early traumas find it harder to...
Focus, learn, remember, and are more likely to have behavioral problems and to get sick.