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Health and Human Development - Environmental and inherited factors
affecting development and health
One of the characteristics inherited is sex
Stages of the lifespan where sex has a significant influence on
development are:
fine and gross motor skill development appears to proceed at different
rates for males and females. This may be related to the social influence,
which encourages the development of different skills.
females generally experience the growth spurt earlier than males, but
males generally end up heavier and taller than females.
Females generally experience greater fat deposition than males.
Females' social development is generally more advanced than males.
life expectancy is considerably older for females compared to males.
Predisposition to certain diseases varies between males and females.
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female growth is more than male
Childhood: fine and gross motor skill development appears to proceed at different rates for males and females. This may be related to the social influence, which encourages the development of different skills
What coused by females faster growth than males and males taller than females?
You might inherite the same blood type with your parent,sex,you can likewise have the same height of your parent,the same eye clouration,you can also inherite something special in you,which might be hidden in your body system.
What if you didnt inherite anything from your parente or guidances.
sex determine development. Age at which male and female attain physical and mental development differ. femaleso have older life expectancy.
We can inherit characteristics in many different ways. One characteristic can have many different forms – for example, blood type can be A, B, AB or O. Variations in the gene for that characteristic cause these different forms. Each variation of a gene is called an allele (pronounced ‘AL-eel’). We can inherit different alleles of the gene pair (one from each parent) in different ways.
HOW CAN ONE DETERMINED THE SEX OF A CHILD BEFORE BIRTH?
W are inherited characteristics that affect health?hat
Stages of the lifespan where sex has a significant influence on development are: Childhood: fine and gross motor skill development appears to proceed at different rates for males and females. This may be related to the social influence, which encourages the development of different skills. Adolescence: females generally experience the growth spurt earlier than males, but males generally end up heavier and taller than females. Females generally experience greater fat deposition than males. Females' social development is generally more advanced than males. Elderly: life expectancy is considerably older for females compared to males. Predisposition to certain diseases varies between males and females.