CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT DISEASE DESCRIPTION MODE OF
INHERITANCE
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT Abnormal sickling of
red blood cells causes
● The development of an organism is the oxygen deprivation,
result of the interaction between nature Sickle cell pain, swelling and Recessive
and nurture anemia tissue damage.
Anemia and
● Growth is sequential susceptibility to
infections, especially
● Each stage of development has pneumonia.
characteristic traits
CNS degeneration
● Maturation or readiness should precede leads to muscular
certain types of learning coordination
Huntington difficulties, mental Dominant
● The development of an organism is the disease deterioration, and
result of the interaction between nature personality changes.
and nurture Symptoms usually do
not appear until age
35 or later
BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS Lungs, liver, and
pancreas secrete
● Gene – a segment of a dna molecule that Cystic large amounts of thick
contains hereditary instructions fibrosis mucus, leading to Recessive
breathing and
● Chromosomes – are rod like structures in digestive difficulties
the cell nucleus that store and transmit
genetic information Inability to neutralize
the harmful amino
● Phenotype – the individual’s physical and acid phenylalanine,
behavioral characteristics, which are Phenylketo contained in many Recessive
determined by both genetic and nuria proteins, cause
environmental factors (PKU) severe central
nervous system
● Genotype – the genetic makeup of an damage in the first
individual year of life
CNS degeneration, w/
onset at about 6
Tay-Sachs months, leads to poor Recessive
disease muscle tone,
blindness, deafness
and convulsions
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES
● Down syndrome or trisomy 21. having
an extra chromosome in the 21st pair
● Klinefelter syndrome (XXY) –
inheritance of an extra x chromosome
● Turner syndrome (XO) – all or part of the
second x chromosome is missing.
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
● Development is continuous
● Development is Gradual and sequential
● Development varies from person to
person
● Development proceeds from general to
specific
● Most traits are correlated in development
● Growth and development is a product of
both heredity and environment
● Development is predictable
● Development brings about structural and
functional stages
● There is constant interaction between all
factors of development
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GROWTH &
DEVELOPMENT
● The development of an organism is the
result between nature and nurture
● Growth is sequential
● Each stage of development has
characteristic traits
● Maturation or readiness should precede
certain types of learning
BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS
● Gene - segment of DNA molecules,
contain hereditary instructions
● Chromosomes - rod like structures in the
cell nucleus that store and transmit
genetic information
● Phenotype - individuals physical and
behavioral characteristics, determined by
both genetic and environmental factors
● Genotype - genetic makeup of individual
● Nature - biological impact or genetic
predispositions
● Nurture - environmental factors
● Examples of Nature - eye color, facial
features
● Examples of Nurture - cultural
background, personality adaptation
● Growth - increase in the site of body
parts, which can be measure
quantitatively
● Development -pattern of progressive,
orderly, and predictable changes that
begin at conception and continue through
at life - biological, cognitive,
socio-emotional processes
