Hosa Human Growth and Development
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What is human growth and development?
Ans: The study of how people change as they go through life
What occurs during physical development?
Ans: Concerns all bodily changes that occur as a person grows and ages
Intellectual Development
Ans: Deals with a persons ability to learn and then apply this knowledge
to new problems
Emotional Development
Ans: Deals with changes in a persons ability to establish a unique identity
Social Development
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Ans: The way that people interact with others.
What are the levels in the hierarchy of human needs and who
developed this?
Ans: Abram Maslow was responsible for developing this.
1. Food, Shelter, and bodily comfort
2. Safety and Security
3. Feel loved and a sense of belonging
4. Self esteem and control
5. Live up to ones potential
What is genetics?
Ans: An area of biology that deals with the passing of genes from
parents to children.
How many pairs of chromosomes are in DNA?
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Ans: 23 pairs
What is the function of chromosomes?
Ans: They determine hereditary chromosomes.
What happens when genes mutate?
Ans: They normally become the basis for some form of disease.
What are single-gene diseases?
Ans: This results from an individual mutant gene and may cause a failure
to create something necessary.
What are some examples of single-gene diseases?
Ans: Cystic Fibrosis, Hemophilia, Albinism, Huntingtons disease
What are chromosomal diseases? What are the categories?