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Objectives 9/15/2020
Objectives 9/15/2020
1. Review previous learning and adjust previous understandings
1. Review previous learning and adjust previous understandings
2. Integrate additional knowledge into your developing understanding about gene-related origins of behavior.
2. Integrate additional knowledge into your developing understanding about gene-related origins of behavior.
3. Summarize how environment affects genes and genetic expression.
3. Summarize how environment affects genes and genetic expression.
Unit 1 Test Review
Unit 1 Test Review
Prenatal Environment and Development
Prenatal Environment and Development
Dutch Hunger Winter
Dutch Hunger Winter
September 1944 to May 1945
According to Tessa J. Roseboom's research, children who were conceived during the Dutch Hunger Winter have:
2x greater risk of cardiovascular disease as an adult
Higher rates of obesity throughout life
Increased risk of high blood pressure as an adult
Higher rates of diabetes
Higher number of hospitalizations as an adult (i.e. increased illness)
Lower likelihood of being employed
Higher rates of schizophrenia
died at a higher rate than people born before or afterward
Prenatal Stress
Prenatal Stress
"Stress-related symptoms are common in women during pregnancy and are risk factors for neurobehavioral disorders ranging from autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and addiction, to major depression and schizophrenia."
"Stress-related symptoms are common in women during pregnancy and are risk factors for neurobehavioral disorders ranging from autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and addiction, to major depression and schizophrenia."
Impact of Environment on Genetics
Impact of Environment on Genetics
Homework:
Homework:
- Watch Heredity Video
- Logon to AP Classroom to take assigned progress check
- Read on the Endocrine System
Reading Homework: The Endocrine System
Reading Homework: The Endocrine System
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