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ASU Chapter 2: Biological Beginnings Flashcards

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Evolutionary process by which individuals of a species that are best adapted are the ones that survive and reproduce

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Natural Selection

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Behavior that promotes an organism’s survival in the natural habitat

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Adaptive Behavior

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A form of psychology that emphasizes the importance of adaptation, reproduction, and survival of the fittest in shaping behavior

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Evolutionary Psychology

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TRUE or FALSE: Psychological mechanisms are domain-specific under Evolutionary Developmental Psychology

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TRUE

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TRUE or FALSE: Natural Selection primarily operates during the final stage of life

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FALSE ; It primarily operates during the first half of life

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TRUE or FALSE: Evolution gave us biological potentialities, meaning it dictates our behavior

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FALSE ; These potentialities do not dictate our behavior

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Threadlike structures in our body made up of deoxyribonucleic acid

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Chromosomes

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TRUE or FALSE: Does the nucleus of each cell contain chromosomes?

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TRUE

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Complex double-helix molecule that contains genetic information

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DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

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Units of hereditary information composed of DNA

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Genes

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A method that helps identify genetic variations linked to a particular disease.

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Genome-wide Association Method

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Helps discover the location of a gene or genes in relation to a marker gene

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Linkage Analysis

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Form of sequencing that describes the vast increase in genetic data generated at a reduced cost and in a shorter period of time

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Next-generation Sequencing

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Provide the name of the most detailed study of human genetic variation to date.

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Thousand Genomes Project

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TRUE or FALSE: The activity of genes is unaffected by their environment.

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FALSE

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Provide the three possible factors that can influence gene expression

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  • Stress
  • Radiation
  • Temperature
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Cellular reproduction in which the cell’s nucleus duplicates itself with two new cells being formed

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Mitosis

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TRUE or FALSE: During mitosis, do the two newly formed cells contain the same DNA as its parent cell?

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TRUE

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Cell division that forms sperm and eggs

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Meiosis

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Stage in reproduction wherein an egg and sperm fuse to create a zygote

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Fertilization

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Single cell formed through fertilization

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Zygote

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Type of twins that develop from a single zygote that splits into two genetically identical replicas, each of which becomes a person

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Identical or Monozygotic Twins

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Type of twins that develop when two eggs are fertilized by different sperm, creating two zygotes that are genetically no more similar than ordinary siblings

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Fraternal or Dizygotic Twins

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A form of genes that is a permanently altered segment of DNA

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Mutated Gene

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A form of genes that make the individual more vulnerable to specific diseases or accelerated aging

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Susceptibility Genes

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A form of genes that make the individual less vulnerable to certain diseases and more likely to live to an older age

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Longevity Genes

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GENOTYPE or PHENOTYPE: Person’s genetic heritage

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GENOTYPE or PHENOTYPE: Way an individual’s genotype is expressed in observed and measurable characteristics

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GENETIC PRINCIPLES: Principle wherein one gene of a pair always exerts its effects, overriding the potential influence of the other gene

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Dominant-recessive genes Principle

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GENETIC PRINCIPLES: When a mutated gene is carried on the X chromosome, the result is called X-linked inheritance

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Sex-linked genes

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GENETIC PRINCIPLES: This process occurs when the expression of a gene has different effects depending on whether the mother or the father passed on the gene

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Genetic Imprinting

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GENETIC PRINCIPLES: Studies that focus on the interdependence of two or more genes in the influencing characteristics, behavior, diseases and development

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Gene-gene interaction

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GENETIC PRINCIPLES: Determined by the interaction of many different genes

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Polygenically Determined

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CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITY: Wherein an extra chromosome 21 causes mild to severe intellectual disability and physical abnormalities

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Down Syndrome

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CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITY: Wherein an extra X chromosome (XXY) in males causes physical abnormalities.

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Klinefelter Syndrome

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CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITY: Wherein an abnormality in the X chromosome can cause intellectual disability, learning disabilities, or short attention spans

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Fragile X Syndrome

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CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITY: Wherein a missing X chromosome (XO) in females can cause intellectual disability and sexual underdevelopment.

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Turner Syndrome

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CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITY: Wherein an extra Y chromosome (XYY) in males can cause above-average height.

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XYY Syndrome

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GENE-LINKED ABNORMALITIES: Genetic disorder in which an individual cannot properly metabolize an amino acid called phenylalanine

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Phenylketonuria (PKU)

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GENE-LINKED ABNORMALITIES: Genetic disorder that affects the red blood cells

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Sickle-cell Anemia

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GENE-LINKED ABNORMALITIES: Glandular dysfunction that interferes with mucus production.

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Cystic Fibrosis

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GENE-LINKED ABNORMALITIES: Body does not produce enough insulin, which causes abnormal metabolism of sugar

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GENE-LINKED ABNORMALITIES: Delayed blood clotting causes internal and external bleeding

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Hemophilia

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GENE-LINKED ABNORMALITIES: Deterioration of the Central Nervous System, producing problems in muscle coordination and mental deterioration

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Huntington’s Disease

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GENE-LINKED ABNORMALITIES: Neural tube disorder that causes brain and spine abnormalities

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Spine Bifida

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GENE-LINKED ABNORMALITIES: Deceleration of mental and physical development caused by accumulation of lipids in the Nervous System

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Tay-sachs Disease

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Inability to conceive a child after 12 months of regular intercourse without contraception

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Infertility

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Form of fertilization in which eggs and sperm are combined in a laboratory dish

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In vitro Fertilization (IVF)

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In the context of fertility, what does IVF stand for?

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In vitro Fertilization

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Social and legal process that establishes parent-child relationship between persons unrelated at birth

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Form of study wherein behavioral similarity of identical and fraternal twins is compared

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Twin Study

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Form of study that seeks to discover whether, in behavior and psychological characteristics, adopted children are more like their adoptive or biological parents.

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Adoption Study

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HEREDITY-ENVIRONMENT CORRELATION: Type of correlation wherein biological parents provide rearing environment for children.

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HEREDITY-ENVIRONMENT CORRELATION: Type of correlation wherein genetically influenced characteristics elicit certain types of environments

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HEREDITY-ENVIRONMENT CORRELATION: Type of correlation wherein children seek out environments they find compatible and stimulating

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HEREDITY-ENVIRONMENT CORRELATION: An example of this correlation is when musically inclined parents have musically inclined children due to the environment rich in music that they’ve provided for them.

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HEREDITY-ENVIRONMENT CORRELATION: An example of this correlation is when a happy, outgoing child elicits smiles and friendly responses from others

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HEREDITY-ENVIRONMENT CORRELATION: An example of this correlation is when a child seeks out a library because they have an intellectual interest in books

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Provide at least one common/shared environmental experience between siblings

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  • Parent’s personalities and intellectual orientation
  • Family’s socioeconomic status
  • Their neighborhood
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A view suggesting that development is the result of an ongoing, bidirectional interchange between heredity and environment

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Epigenetic View

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