Least Invasive Prenatal Procedures

Least Invasive Prenatal Procedures

Least Invasive Prenatal Procedures

When is there not a “one to one correspond between genes and proteins?”

Why are males more vulnerable to genetic disorders than females?

Which prenatal procedure is the least invasive? Which is the most invasive?

Little Gilbert, a six year old, is active and alert. He loves to explore new experiences. He likes to run, yell, make new friends, play with any animal he sees, asks endless questions, and tries any experiment which comes to mind including seeing if cats can swim. His parents and siblings, however, seem to have a different genetic composition (hint). They are quiet, hate noise, like to sit and read or discuss ideas. Little Gilbert has discovered that the people who live next door love noise, excitement, and have already discovered through experiments that cats have limited appreciation of swimming. He tends to spend a lot of time with his friends next door. What terms should be used to classify the correlation between Little Gilbert and his neighbors?

Least Invasive Prenatal Procedures

Week 4 Lab Activity PART A: Participating in online experiments

Organizations such as the Social Psychology Network and the American Psychological Society have links to various experiments online. Some websites with lists of online experiments include: http://socialpsychology.org/expts.htm and http://psych.hanover.edu/research/exponnet

Go to one or both of these websites, and participate in at least 1 online study. Then, answer the following questions:

1) Identify which study you participated in and on which website you found the link to that study.

2) Identify at least 4 relevant concepts from our textbook that you experienced with regard to the study (e.g. informed consent, independent variable, dependent variable, etc.). Be sure to explain clearly how each concept was incorporated into the study. Also, note any flaws/issues/concerns you encountered as well.

PART B: APA Style—figures and tables

Go to the following link: http://library.royalroads.ca/writing­centre/citing­resources/apa­ style/apa­style­practice­exercises

Complete the following exercises: a) General formatting exercise, b) Formatting figures, and c) Formatting tables.

1) Save your report for each exercise and attach your results (for all 3 exercises) to this assignment.

PART C: Designing research studies

Reflect on and respond to the following prompts:

1) Design an experiment to test the hypothesis that single ­gender math classes are beneficial to adolescent females. Operationally define both the independent and dependent variables. Your experiment should have two groups and use the matched pairs procedure. Make a good case for your selection of the matching variable. In addition, defend your choice of either a posttest ­only design or a pretest­ posttest design.