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| what are the four Biological Causal Factors? |
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- genetics
- constitutional liabilities
- brain dysfunction
- physical deprivation
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| long molecules of DNA that occur at various locations on chromosomes |
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| any of the alternative fors of a gene |
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| expressed when linked with other genetic instructions |
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| what are recessive genes? |
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| expressed only when matched with another recessive gene with identical instructions |
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| chromosomes that determine general structural and physiological characteristics. Humans have 22 pairs of autosomes. |
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| the pair of chromosomes that determine the gender of a baby. Females have two chromosomes designated as X and X when males have an X and Y chromosome pair. |
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| occurs when a trisomy (three not two) chromosome pair 21 occurs |
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| occurs when a female has only one X |
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| samples of a person's chromosomes that are arranged into pairs |
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| what is fragile X syndrome |
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| rare gentically linked disorder that affects mental ability and may make individuals overly aggressive |
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| what is constitutional liabilities? |
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| behavioural difficulties that appear to be genetic but are not the result of gene or chromosomes abnormalities |
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| form and structure of the human body |
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| describe physical handicaps |
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| handicaps not caused by genetics |
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| what are primary reaction tendencies? |
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| differences in how babies react to various stimuli that appear to have been established before birth |
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| what are some brain dysfunctions? |
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- neuronÂ
- epilepsy
- parkinson's disease
- physical deprivation
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| what is hospitalization syndrome? |
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| infant death due to lack of stimulation, attention, and human contact |
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| substance from food or pill that is necessary for the proper function of the body |
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| removal of half an individual's brain |
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