- What strengths and limitations do the clinical (or case study) method and ethnography have in common?
- What is epigenesis, and how does it differ from range of reaction and genetic–environmental correlation? Provide an example of epigenesis.
- Links between family and community foster development throughout the lifespan. Cite several examples from our discussion that support this idea.
- Why is genetic counseling called a communication process? Who should seek it?
- Using your knowledge of X-linked inheritance, explain why males are more vulnerable than females to miscarriage, infant death, genetic disorders, and other problems.
- Why is the period of the embryo regarded as the most dramatic prenatal period? Why is the fetal period called the “growth and finishing” phase?
- What functions does REM sleep serve in young infants? Can sleep tell us anything about the health of the newborn’s central nervous system? Explain.
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