Annual Editions: Human Development 08/09

by Freiberg, Karen L.

• ISBN13: 9780073397511
• ISBN10: 0073397512
• Edition: 36th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-20
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Summary

This THIRTY-SIXTH EDITION of ANNUAL EDITIONS: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 08/09 provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an instructor's resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Contents Unit 1 Genetic and Prenatal Influences on Development Part A. Genetic Influences 1. 40800 The Identity Dance,Gunjan Sinha, Psychology Today , March/April 2004 Identical twins are clones with the same genetic profiles . Life experience, therefore, must matter if identical twins develop unlike emotions , health problems and personalities . This article reports scientific evidence that genes have the equivalent of molecular "switches" that can be turned on or off by prenatal and postnatal environmental factors. Several unlike identical twins are described. 2. 42729 The Power to Divide,Rick Weiss, National Geographic , July 2005 The United States under the Bush administration limits federal funding of stem cell research . Some states (e.g., California) and several countries (e.g., Singapore, Korea, United Kingdom) are making progress in therapeutic cloning of cells needed by diabetics, heart attack patients, and others. Some people with regenerated cells are already thriving. Will ethicists allow this research to continue? Should they? 3. 37749 Brave New Babies,Claudia Kalb, Newsweek , January 26, 2004 Reproductive technology has made it possible for parents to have their eggs and sperm united in a lab dish. After selecting the genetic characteristics they want, the appropriate embryo (or embryos) are implanted in the mother for gestation. This practice has raised some troubling questions. Claudia Kalb addresses the questions of morality and ethics . 4. 45973 What Makes Us Different?,Michael D. Lemonick and Andrea Dorfman, Time , October 9, 2006 Chimpanzees and humans share 98 percent of the same genes . Chimps use sign language , express emotions , and have complex cognition . The chimpanzee genome was decoded in 2005. Now computers are revealing subtle differences in the species. One gene, active in human prenatal brain development , appears to play a major role. This ongoing research has enormous potential for understanding human development. Part B. Prenatal Influences 5. 38004 Inside the Womb,J. Madeleine Nash, Time , November 11, 2002 Embryonic cells, also known as stem cells , generate most of the human organ systems in the earliest weeks of prenatal development . Not only aberrant genes , but also health , stress , nutrition , and toxins (e.g., drugs ) can alter the precision of stem cell transformations. Concern for embryonic development is not yet, but should become, a political priority, argues Nash. 6. 32698 The Mystery of Fetal Life: Secrets of the Womb,John Pekkanen, Current , September 2001 Environment affects prenatal development . This article reviews known dangers (e.g., alcohol and drug use , and viral infections) and recently discovered endocrine disrupters (e.g., chemicals in our air, food, and water). The author gives advice on exercise , nutrition , and health maintenance to optimize the physical and cognitive status of our offspring. 7. 42730 The Smallest Patients,Claudia Kal