Exam 2: Genetics, Prenatal Development, and Birth

What is a teratogen?

The most informative way that researchers can learn about the different effects of nature and nurture on human development is through studies of __________.

Which medication used during the birth process produces numbness in the mother from the waist down?

One factor in the increased reliance on cesarean delivery in the United States is __________.

Bitsy is pregnant,but continues to consumes substantial quantities of alcohol.What risk is she imposing on her unborn child?

Explain how adoption,twin,and family studies shed light on the contributions of genetics and the environment to a person's development.

What term is used to describe twins who are produced when two separate ova are fertilized by two separate sperm at roughly the same time?

What is the substance that genes are composed of,that determines the nature of each cell in the body and how it will function?

In the procedure known as __________,a man's sperm is used to fertilize a woman's ova in a laboratory.

Which term refers to the determination of an individual's traits through a combination of both genetic and environmental factors?

Monozygotic twins who are raised in different adoptive households would provide an opportunity to disentangle the relative effects of which two developmental factors?

Which developmental psychologist endorsed the idea that genetic endowment provided to children by their parents not only determines their genetic characteristics,but also actively influences their environment?

Which statement regarding infant mortality in the United States is true?

How can a father's habits affect the health of an unborn child during prenatal development?

Most traits are governed by a combination of gene pairs.This is called __________.

Which of the following is an environmental factor that may influence the intelligence of a child?

Which hormone in males do some scientists speculate may lead to differences in male and female brain structure,and later variations in gender-related behavior?

The human genetic code,transmitted at the moment of conception and stored in our genes,is composed of specific sequences of ________??__.

A baby is considered small-for-gestational-age based on which characteristics?

Which process identifies genetic defects by examining a small sample of fetal cells drawn by a needle inserted into the amniotic fluid?