When students have studied the material in the
chapter, they will be able to answer the following: - Introduction
- Explain how differentiation and reorganization produce qualitative change during prenatal development.
- How do factors at each level in BronfenbrennerÕs model affect prenatal development?
- What practical implications does information about genetics and prenatal development have for parents-to-be?
- Genetic processes
- Describe the basic structure of human genes and chromosomes.
- Explain the processes of mitosis and meiosis.
- Discuss how genes and the environment interact during prenatal development.
- Conception
- Describe the process of conception and the events leading up to it.
- Prenatal development
- List the three stages of prenatal development and summarize the events in each one.
- The mother's experience of pregnancy
- Explain what is meant by trimesters of pregnancy and what occurs during each one.
- Problems in prenatal development
- Explain the major sources of birth defects and give examples of each type.
- Discuss the use of prenatal diagnostic techniques and genetic testing and counseling.
- Birth
- Describe what happens during each of the three stages of labor.
- Discuss the most common birth complications and their developmental outcomes.
- Prenatal development in context
- Explain how considering context enhances understanding of prenatal development.
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