Exam 2: Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth.

If a child experiences many birth complications, and later experiences different types of family adversity, she is at an increased risk for developing _________.

If you are pregnant and want to get a prenatal test to assess various aspects of your unborn child's well-being, which of the following should you avoid if you suffer from trypanophobia (or the fear of needles)?

Your authors point out that teenage women have a greater chance of having problems during their pregnancy, labor, and delivery than pregnant women in their 20s. They suggest that this is MAINLY because

Postpartum depression

When you learned to read English, you may have learned the following saying: "When two vowels go walking, the first does the talking." If we were to apply this rule to heterozygous genes, we would be most accurate if we said, "When two genes go walking, the ____ one does the talking."

Randi is pregnant for the first time. Given the frequency with which twins and triplets have occurred in her family, she is understandably concerned that she will have a multiple-birth pregnancy. If you were her gynecologist, which of the following prenatal tests would you recommend to either confirm or rule out the number of babies she is carrying?

List three prenatal tests that might be offered to a pregnant woman, describe each test, and comment on the benefits and drawbacks of each test.

Which statement supports the proposition that the presence of an X chromosome appears to be necessary for life?

Although identical twins share 100% of their genetic code and are often similar, they are never truly "identical." Which of the following explains these differences?

Which of the following circumstances would indicate the greatest level of heritability of a trait?

A standard part of prenatal care in the United States is the use of _______________, in which sound waves are used to generate a picture of the fetus.

Why is it that environmental teratogens may be even more treacherous to deal with thanother factors such as maternal illnesses or the use of drugs during pregnancy?

When a woman experiences higher levels of stress during pregnancy, her child may be prone to greater difficulties paying attention as an infant and higher levels of behavioral problems in preschool.

Jack and Jill are twins. Because he is a boy, Jack's parents encourage him to run. However, they discourage Jill from engaging in athletic activity. As a result, Jack is much faster at running up a hill than Jill. The difference in Jack and Jill's behavior is best explained by

A procedure that involves removing a sample of tissue from part of the placenta that is done 9 to 12 weeks into a pregnancy is called

When looking through a microscope at an entire set of human male chromosomes, how would you be able to differentiate an autosome pair from a sex chromosome pair?

Describe why in vitro fertilization and eugenics represent controversial issues in human development.

Maternal stress is most likely to negatively impact a developing embryo/fetus when that stress is

Although the risk of using a cellular telephone during pregnancy is, as of yet, unclear, your authors do note that there is one way in which using cell phones represents an enormous risk for both pregnant women and their unborn children. That is:

Of the three prenatal stages of development which is by far the longest?