2.  Chromosomes  Autosomes  Sex Chromosomes  Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

3.  Genotypes/Phenotypes  Alleles › Heterozygous/homozygous › Dominant/recessive › Incomplete dominance

4.  Genetic Disorders › Inherited Disorders  Phenylketonuria (PKU)  Huntington’s Disease › Abnormal Chromosomes

5.  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

6.  Zygote › Weeks 1-2  Implantation  Germ Disc  Placenta

7.  Embryo › Weeks 3-8 › Ectoderm/mesoderm/endoderm › Amnion/Amniotic Fluid › Umbilical Cord › Cephalocaudal Principle › Proximodistal Principle

8.  Fetus › Weeks 9-38 › Cerebral Cortex › Age of Viability

9.  General Risk Factors › Nutrition › Stress › Mother’s Age

10.  Teratogens › Drugs › Diseases › Environmental Hazards

11.  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

12.  Genetic Counseling  Prenatal Diagnosis  Fetal Medicine

13.  Stages of Labor › Stage 1 › Stage 2 › Stage 3

14.  Natural  Birth clinic  Home births

15.  Adjustments!  Post partum Depression  Post partum Psychosis

16.  Hypoxia  Cesarean Section  Premature Birth  Low/very low/extremely low birth weight  Infant mortality rates

17.  Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development

18.  Newborn Reflexes  Assessment of the Newborn  Newborn’s States › Crying › Sleeping

19.  Heredity and Environmental Contributions  Stability of Temperament

20.  Growth of the Body › Nutrition/Malnutrition  Nervous System › Emerging brain structures › Structure and Function › Brain Plasticity

21.  Locomotion › Posture and Balance › Stepping › Perception › Coordination › Beyond Walking

22.  Fine Motor Skills › Reaching and Grasping › Handedness

23.  Smell  Taste  Touch  Hearing  Seeing › Color › Depth › Perceiving Objects

24.  Intersensory redundancy

25.  Self-concept  Theory of Mind