Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 208 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 363 g
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 208 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 363 g
Reihe: Annual Editions: Human Develop
ISBN: 978-0-07-805128-9
Verlag: Dushkin Publishing
The Annual Editions series is designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodical sources. The articles selected are authored by prominent scholars, researchers, and commentators writing for a general audience. Annual Editions volumes have a number of organizational features designed to make them especially valuable for classroom use: a general introduction; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; an annotated listing of supporting World Wide Web sites; Learning Outcomes and a brief overview at the beginning of each unit; and a Critical Thinking section at the end of each article. Each volume also offers an online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing materials. Using Annual Editions in the Classroom is a general guide that provides a number of interesting and functional ideas for using Annual Editions readers in the classroom. Visit www.mhhe.com/annualeditions for more details.
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Annual Editions: Human Development 12/13, Forty-First EditionPrefaceSeriesCorrelation GuideTopic GuideInternet ReferencesUnit 1: Genetic and Prenatal Influences on DevelopmentUnit OverviewPart A. Genetic Influences1. Your DNA, Decoded, Mark Anderson, Delta Skymagazine, August 2010This article explains the six billion genes (half from father, half from mother), made up of base pairs (A, C, G and T), which comprise each unique human's instruction manual. One's health, emotions, and personality are influenced by one's genome prenatally. Environmental factors after birth also affect human functioning.2. Seeking Genetic Fate, Patrick Barry, Science News, July 4, 2009The cost of having small variations in your genes analyzed (over 99% of all human genes are identical), has dropped precipitously. Several genomic technology companies now offer to forecast your personal disease risks. Most health hazards also involve diet, exercise, and environmental factors. The ethics of predicting complex maladies from saliva are questionable.Part B. Prenatal Influences3. The Prematurity Puzzle, Jeneen Interlandi, Newsweek, November 1, 2010Research scientists are focusing on the placenta (an organ) to learn why premature infants are more likely to have autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Brain development, physical health, and cognitive abilities are stimulated by placental hormones over 40 weeks of pregnancy. The role of genes may be less crucial.4. Thanks, Dad, The Economist, January 8, 2011The fact that a woman's prenatal environment has a profound impact on her children's future has been known for over 70 years. A man's effects on future offspring is finally coming of age. Infants fathered by starving male mice produced offspring with genes associated with obesity (active fat synthesis). A human father's nutrition may also contribute to his children's weight health.Unit 2: Development during Infancy and Early ChildhoodUnit OverviewPart A. Infancy5. Keys to Quality Infant Care: Nurturing Every Baby's Life Journey, Alice Sterling Honig, Young Children, September 2010Dr. Honig, an expert on infant caregiving, shares 11 keys to enhancing baby's brain development, physical status, language skills, emotional regulation, and social abilities. She explains different infant temperaments and advises on how parents and teachers can shape behaviors to accommodate personalities.6. Vaccination Nation, Chris Mooney, Discover, June 2009Parents have been scared by activists claiming (falsely) that vaccines cause infant autism. Science proves otherwise; this article cites multiple studies. The ethics of skeptics are dubious. Withholding vaccines can cause epidemics of largely vanquished diseases. Other environmental factors which trigger genetic diseases must be explored, and motivation to vaccinate must increase.Part B. Early Childhood7. How to Help Your Toddler Begin Developing Empathy, Rebecca Pariakian and Claire Lerner, Zero to Three, July 2009Personality is socialized as well as inherited. Teaching empathy in parenting practices during early childhood helps toddlers understand emotions
