Quiz 1

Question 1

Which is an example of the influence of nature?

Answer 1

Having the gene for epilepsy

Question 2

What does the science of human development seek to understand?

Answer 2

Seeks to understand how and why people - all kinds of people, everywhere, of every age- change over time.

Question 3

Dr. white ore

Answer 3

Scientific method to collect data and establish data

Question 4

The term for all the environmental influences that effect development after conception is…

Answer 4

Nurture

Question 5

Nature refers to ___ in development

Answer 5

Genetics - the genes you inherit

Question 6

Dr. towne believes that heredity is primarily responsible for our

Answer 6

Nature v nurture debate

Question 7

Greg, who is 5 years old, is the tallest person in the class. When his teacher asked him how he got so tall he said “ because my mom and dad are tall and

Answer 7

Environment and heredity

Question 8

What is epigenetics?

Answer 8

How the environment effects which genes are expressed

Question 9

—- is the idea that people vary in how sensitive they are to particular experiences?

Answer 9

Differential susceptibility

Question 10

The life span perspective takes into account development from ___

Answer 10

Birth to death

Question 11

The human fetus develops fingers and toes between 28 and 54 days after conception but can’t develop after or before that time.. this is?

Answer 11

Critical period

Question 12

___ is the best example of sensitive period.

Answer 12

Child learning to speak a second language

Question 13

High school classmates are part of the same

Answer 13

Cohort

Question 14

A system of shared beliefs, conventions, norms, behaviors, expectations, and symbolic representations is the definition of ____.

Answer 14

Culture

Question 15

Socioeconomic status refers to the ___.

Answer 15

Our social class in society

Question 16

Plasticity refers to the ____.

Answer 16

Adaptability; you’re moldable but still durable

Question 17

Every person begins life as a single cell, which is called a ___.

Answer 17

Zygote

Question 18

Each human body cell contains

Answer 18

46 chromosomes/ 23 pairs

Question 19

Am individuals genetic inheritance is called a ___

Answer 19

Genotype

Question 20

An individuals phenotype is dependent on ___.

Answer 20

Individual genes and the environment

Question 21

Couples can select the sex of a child by all of the following methods except

Answer 21

b

Question 22

Juan and Noah are identical twins. They are a result of

Answer 22

One ovum is fertilized by one sperm and they split

Question 23

Akira was born with genes that enabled muscle coordination, but his environmental experiences never supported the development of his potential athletic ability. This illustrates the concept of a trait being

Answer 23

Multi-factual

Question 24

Brown eyed alma has a blue eyed mother and a brown eyed father. In this case, her brown eyes were determined by a ___ allele.

Answer 24

Dominant

Question 25

Oliver has inherited genes that put him at risk for developing diabetes, but because of his healthy diet and exercise he is not diabetic. This example proves that

Answer 25

Epigentic

Question 26

Horace was born 26 weeks after conception. He is now a healthy, happy two year old. Horaces ability to survive after being born so early was due inpart to him reaching

Answer 26

Age of viability

Question 27

During the germinal period of prenatal development some cells become part of the brain, some become part of the keg, etc. this process is called

Answer 27

Differentiation

Question 28

Research indicates that a doula- assisted birth can benefit ___

Answer 28

All women!

Question 29

A teratogen is any agent or condition that increases the risk for ____

Answer 29

Prenatal abnormalities: birth defects

Question 30

Chantal and Larry are considering having a baby.

Answer 30

Before conception

Question 31

Nature

Answer 31

Refers to the influence of the genes that people inherit

Question 32

Nurture

Answer 32

Refers to environmental influences, health of mother before and during pregnancy, school, community

Question 33

Nature v nurture debate

Answer 33

This debate is how much of any characteristics, behaviors, or emotion is the result of genes and how much is the result of specific experiences. Some say one is more heavily influenced than the other but neither is right. Nature always effects nurture and nurture always effects nature.

Question 34

Nature example

Answer 34

A kid is very tall because both of his parents are tall

Question 35

Nurture example

Answer 35

A child who has always been good turns into a bad kid because of the group of kids he hangs out with