Chromosomes Autosomes Sex Chromosomes Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Genotypes/Phenotypes Alleles › Heterozygous/homozygous › Dominant/recessive › Incomplete dominance
Genetic Disorders › Inherited Disorders Phenylketonuria (PKU) Huntington’s Disease › Abnormal Chromosomes
Behavioral Genetics › Polygenic Inheritance › Monozygotic/Dizygotic twins From Genes to Behavior › Reaction Range › Heredity and environment interact dynamically › Genes influence the environment › Environment makes children in a family different
Zygote › Weeks 1-2 Implantation Germ Disc Placenta
Embryo › Weeks 3-8 › Ectoderm/mesoderm/endoderm › Amnion/Amniotic Fluid › Umbilical Cord › Cephalocaudal Principle › Proximodistal Principle
Fetus › Weeks 9-38 › Cerebral Cortex › Age of Viability
General Risk Factors › Nutrition › Stress › Mother’s Age
Teratogens › Drugs › Diseases › Environmental Hazards
Teratogens Influence Prenatal Development › Depends on the genotype › Changes over the course of prenatal development › Affects a specific aspect of prenatal development › Depends on the dose › Damage may appear later
Genetic Counseling Prenatal Diagnosis Fetal Medicine
Stages of Labor › Stage 1 › Stage 2 › Stage 3
Natural Birth clinic Home births
Adjustments! Post partum Depression Post partum Psychosis
Hypoxia Cesarean Section Premature Birth Low/very low/extremely low birth weight Infant mortality rates
Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development
Newborn Reflexes Assessment of the Newborn Newborn’s States › Crying › Sleeping
Heredity and Environmental Contributions Stability of Temperament
Growth of the Body › Nutrition/Malnutrition Nervous System › Emerging brain structures › Structure and Function › Brain Plasticity
Locomotion › Posture and Balance › Stepping › Perception › Coordination › Beyond Walking
Fine Motor Skills › Reaching and Grasping › Handedness
Smell Taste Touch Hearing Seeing › Color › Depth › Perceiving Objects
Intersensory redundancy
Self-concept Theory of Mind