HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

3 MAJOR PATHS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

changes in bodily appearance and structure, and in bodily activities like motor skills

changes in social and emotional aspects of personality

changes in the thought processes that could affect language, learning activities, and memory

a process whereby traits of parents are handed down to their offspring via the genes.

the forces that affect man, like physical forces, natural forces, and social forces.

(a) thread-like or rope-like bodies that contain the genes, either classified as (b)

bearers of hereditary traits.

are strong genes; the trait that dominant genes carry will be manifested in the offspring

are weak genes; the traits can only be manifested if it is paired with another recessive gene of its kind.

“Like begets like”, where human individuals will reproduce their own kind.

“No” 2 individuals of any kind are exactly “alike” even identical twins have mild differences.

similarities and differences among family members.

the hereditary endowments and the number of births and the millions of sperm which fertilize the ripened egg is played and attributed by chance alone.

sex-linked traits are carried by the same genes that determine sex which are carried by women but, usually suffered by most men (ex. Baldness, color blindness, hemophilia).

the appearance in general like facial features, complexion, height, and body built.

are characteristics like harelip, cleft-plate, and stub-finger.

are predisposition to tuberculosis, asthma, and hypertension.

examples are I.Q. level, some cases of mental retardation, and predisposition to mental disorder.

like artistic, literary, athletic, musical, and numerical talents.

arise when one egg cell/ovum further divides into two after being fertilized by one sperm, have same sex and looks

arise from two eggs/ova which are fertilized by two different sperm cells, the same or different sexes

different area of the body, called an erogenous zone, at each of the five stages of development:

Children develop ______ ,mental models, to interpret information