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9780073516363

Annual Editions : Human Development 09/10

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    9780073516363

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    0073516368

  • Edition: 37th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-07-15
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
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ANNUAL EDITIONS: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 09/10, Thirty-Seventh Edition 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 online 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

Genetic and Prenatal Influences on Development
Part A Genetic Influences
The Identity Dance,Gunjan Sinha, Psychology Today, March/April 2004, pgs 52-63,
Identical twins are clones with the samegenetic profiles.Life experience, therefore, must matter if identical twins develop unlikeemotions, health problems,andpersonalities.This article reports scientific evidence that genes have the equivalent of molecular “switches” that can be turned on or off byprenataland postnatal environmental factors
Several unlike identical twins are described
The Power to Divide
National Geographic, July 2005, pgs
3, 6-7, 15, 17, 22-23, 26-27
The USA under Bush limits federal funding of research onstem cells.Some states (e.g., California) and several countries (e.g., Singapore, Korea, U.K.) are making progress in therapeutic cloning of cells needed by diabetics, heart attack patients, and others
Some people with regenerated cells are already thriving
Willethicistsallow this research to continue? Should they?
What Makes Us Different?
Time, October 9, 2006, pgs
45-53
Chimpanzees and humans share 98% ofgenes.Chimps usesign language, expressemotions,and have complexcognition.The chimpanzee genome was decoded in 2005
Now computers are revealing subtle differences in the species
One gene, active in humanprenatal brain development,appears to play a major role in delineating humans from chimpanzees
This ongoing research has enormous potential for understanding human development
Part B Prenatal Influences
The Mystery of Fetal Life
Current, September 2001, pgs
20-29 Environment affectsprenatal development.This article reviews known dangers (e.g.,alcohol and drug use,viral infections) and recently discovered endocrine disrupters (e.g., chemicals in our air, food, and water)
The author gives advice onexercise, nutrition,andhealth maintenanceto optimize thephysical and cognitive statusof the offspring
The Smallest Patients
Newsweek, Oct. 3, 2005, pgs
90-92 Thehealthof a fetus can now be safeguarded with surgery duringpregnancy.Early detection and intervention has payoffs both for baby and for parents
Amother,who is relieved of thestress, anxiety,anddepressionassociated with aphysicallychallenged baby, tolerates the surgery well and can go on to deliver the baby normally at term
The Hunt for Golden Eggs
Washingtonian, July 2007, pgs 101-106
As explained in this article, thousands of infertile couples becomepregnanteach year with eggs donated by healthy youngwomenwith desirablegeneticprofiles
Theethicsof donating ova for in vitro fertilization are being questioned for religious reasons, and for the prices paid
Tall, blonde, educated donors may earn the most
Donors say they want to help
There are no current regulations for donations in the United States
Not Always “The Happiest Time,”Lisa Miller and Anne Underwood, Newsweek, April 24, 2006, pgs
80-82 Pregnancymay be accompanied bydepressionin 20% of women; a hidden problem
Individual women respond differently to hormonal changes and pregnancy is not always a mood elevator
Negativeemotionsare a risk to fetal healt
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