CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
TEST 2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
What factors are determined at conception - Answer-Characteristics such as skin, hair,
and eye color
Potential physical size, and proportions
Potential temperament and cognitive characteristics
Nature vs. Nurture - Answer-the relative influence on heredity and the environment on a
child's development.
What does Nature vs. Nurture mean recently - Answer-partners rather than antagonists
How does genetics and environment influence a child - Answer-it influences their brain
development and human behavior
What is hereditary characteristics controlled by - Answer-Environmental factors
Why must a caregiver learn to read a child's behavior - Answer-to create a
environments that meet children's needs and temperament.
What is genetics - Answer-the study of the factors involved in the transmission of
hereditary characteristics.
What is genes - Answer-the biological unit of heredity
Chromosomes - Answer-major units that control heredity, arranged in 23 pairs. The 23
pair determines sex: females XX, males XY
DNA - Answer-a complex molecule that contains genetic information
Genotype - Answer-is a set of genes an individual receives at conception
Phenotype - Answer-is the individual's external measurable characteristics that reflect
the genotype.
Epigenetics - Answer-is the study of chemical reactions that switch part of the genome
on and off and it should aid in genetic counseling.
genetic counseling - Answer-Can help parents make major decisions about childbearing
Possible genetic tests after conception include - Answer-Amniocentesis
Chronic Villus Sampling
, Ultrasound
Amniocentesis - Answer-sampling amniotic fluid. Can reveal sex and up 70 birth defects
Chronic Villus Sampling - Answer-Requires cells to be cut from the chronic villus that
anchor the embryo to the uterus
Ultrasound - Answer-uses high frequency sounds turned into electrical impulses to
generate an image of the emberyo or fetus
Types of environmental dangers - Answer-Substance abuse, HIV/AIDS
Substance abuse - Answer-risk periods are usually during major transitions like leaving
the family and entering school. Parents using meth or cocaine, or other dangerous
substances are more likely to have children experiencing other serious risk factors
including poverty and deficits in interaction and attachment
HIV/AIDS - Answer-HIV can be treated to prevent the onset of AIDS
Treat infected babies immediately
No breast feeding from infected mothers
Pediatric AIDS has become an epidemic problem
Educate teens regarding the avoidance of AIDS
What effects can Rh factor result in babies - Answer-In still birth, brain damage, or birth
too early for survival
Anoxia - Answer-the stage at which the oxygen supply in the blood dips below the safe
level. This causes damage in the brain and nervous system which will cause cerebral
palsy, epilepsy, mental deficiency, and possible behavior problems.
Types of drugs and diseases - Answer-Thalidomide: limb deformities
Cocaine: effects may be more apparent in long term
Heroine: mother's have delivery complications, babies may exhibit withdrawal
symptoms.
AIDS, German measles, diabetes
Types of personal habits - Answer-Cigarettes smoking: low birth weight, spontaneous
abortions, stillbirths, neonatal death, slow heart rate and affect circulatory system.
Alcohol: fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol effects
What should mothers receive - Answer-prenatal care, including access to a
perinatologist for woman who are high at risk. And parents may attend childbirth
education course and they should acquainted with the pediatrician before the birth of
the child.
Teen pregnancy - Answer-Programs that focuses on prevention can be effective
TEST 2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
What factors are determined at conception - Answer-Characteristics such as skin, hair,
and eye color
Potential physical size, and proportions
Potential temperament and cognitive characteristics
Nature vs. Nurture - Answer-the relative influence on heredity and the environment on a
child's development.
What does Nature vs. Nurture mean recently - Answer-partners rather than antagonists
How does genetics and environment influence a child - Answer-it influences their brain
development and human behavior
What is hereditary characteristics controlled by - Answer-Environmental factors
Why must a caregiver learn to read a child's behavior - Answer-to create a
environments that meet children's needs and temperament.
What is genetics - Answer-the study of the factors involved in the transmission of
hereditary characteristics.
What is genes - Answer-the biological unit of heredity
Chromosomes - Answer-major units that control heredity, arranged in 23 pairs. The 23
pair determines sex: females XX, males XY
DNA - Answer-a complex molecule that contains genetic information
Genotype - Answer-is a set of genes an individual receives at conception
Phenotype - Answer-is the individual's external measurable characteristics that reflect
the genotype.
Epigenetics - Answer-is the study of chemical reactions that switch part of the genome
on and off and it should aid in genetic counseling.
genetic counseling - Answer-Can help parents make major decisions about childbearing
Possible genetic tests after conception include - Answer-Amniocentesis
Chronic Villus Sampling
, Ultrasound
Amniocentesis - Answer-sampling amniotic fluid. Can reveal sex and up 70 birth defects
Chronic Villus Sampling - Answer-Requires cells to be cut from the chronic villus that
anchor the embryo to the uterus
Ultrasound - Answer-uses high frequency sounds turned into electrical impulses to
generate an image of the emberyo or fetus
Types of environmental dangers - Answer-Substance abuse, HIV/AIDS
Substance abuse - Answer-risk periods are usually during major transitions like leaving
the family and entering school. Parents using meth or cocaine, or other dangerous
substances are more likely to have children experiencing other serious risk factors
including poverty and deficits in interaction and attachment
HIV/AIDS - Answer-HIV can be treated to prevent the onset of AIDS
Treat infected babies immediately
No breast feeding from infected mothers
Pediatric AIDS has become an epidemic problem
Educate teens regarding the avoidance of AIDS
What effects can Rh factor result in babies - Answer-In still birth, brain damage, or birth
too early for survival
Anoxia - Answer-the stage at which the oxygen supply in the blood dips below the safe
level. This causes damage in the brain and nervous system which will cause cerebral
palsy, epilepsy, mental deficiency, and possible behavior problems.
Types of drugs and diseases - Answer-Thalidomide: limb deformities
Cocaine: effects may be more apparent in long term
Heroine: mother's have delivery complications, babies may exhibit withdrawal
symptoms.
AIDS, German measles, diabetes
Types of personal habits - Answer-Cigarettes smoking: low birth weight, spontaneous
abortions, stillbirths, neonatal death, slow heart rate and affect circulatory system.
Alcohol: fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol effects
What should mothers receive - Answer-prenatal care, including access to a
perinatologist for woman who are high at risk. And parents may attend childbirth
education course and they should acquainted with the pediatrician before the birth of
the child.
Teen pregnancy - Answer-Programs that focuses on prevention can be effective
