Chapter 5

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    • Chromosomes - strands of hereditary material
      • Each human nucleus has 23 pairs
      • Egg and sperm cells have 23 unpaired chromosomes
      Genes - sections along each chromosome that controls the chemical reactions that direct development
      • Invisible traits
      • XX - Female
      • XY - Male
      Sex-linked genes are normally found on the X chromosome
      • Sex-linked genes impact males more than females
    • Dominant Trait - expressed in a person even if they only have one copy of that gene
      • Brown Eyes
      • Freckles
      • Dimples
      • Straight Hairline
    • Recessive Trait - requires two copies of the gene to be expressed.
      • Widows Peak
      • Blue Eyes
      • Left-Handedness
    • Color Blindness
      • Genetic (hereditary) condition
      • Pass along the X Chromosome
      • Recessive Trait
      • Red/Green colorblindness affects men more than women
      • Most colorblind women have full colorblindness
    • Monozygotic Twins - one egg is fertilized and splits into two
      • Identical Genes
      • Shared placenta
      • Identical Twins
      Dizygotic Twins - two separate eggs are fertilized at the same time
      • Share half their genes
      • Separate placenta
      • Fraternal Twins
    • Cross-Sectional - compares groups of individuals with different ages at the same time

      Longitudinal - follows a single group of individuals as they develop
    • Sequential Design - compares different people at different ages as they develop

      Combines Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal
      • Zygote - fertilized egg cell
      • Embryo - unborn child until the end of the seventh week following conception, pregnancy is detectable
      • Fetus - eight weeks after conception until birth
    • Infants' Hearing
      • Habituation - decreased response to a repeated stimulus
      • Dishabituation - when a change in a stimulus increases a previously habituated response

      Habituation - initially an infant may be startled with a stimulus, but after time they still hear the stimulus but they have adjusted to it and are no longer startled
      Dishabituation - if the frequency of the sound changes, the infant is once again startled
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