text chapter 2

Question 1

“probabilistic epigenesis”

Answer 1

the way factors of each level (biological, psychological, and socio-cultural) interact to shape a child.

Question 2

transactional

Answer 2

the way factors across levels affect each other over time.

Question 3

homotypic continuity

Answer 3

disorders that persist from childhood to adolescents and onto adulthood with relatively little change.

Question 4

heterotypic continuity

Answer 4

children’s symptoms change over time, but the underlying pattern of behavior stays the same.

Question 5

gene

Answer 5

segment of DNA

Question 6

histones

Answer 6

can turn genes on and off by binding to them in a certain way

Question 7

chromosomes

Answer 7

what genes are organized into.

Question 8

genotype

Answer 8

the genetic code we inherit from our parents

Question 9

gene-environment correlation model

Answer 9

we sometimes select environments that complement our genotypes.

Question 10

neuron

Answer 10

long narrow nerve cell

Question 11

synaptogenesis

Answer 11

the formation of new neural connections due to experience.