Examine the t ratios in Table VI. Which t ratio indicates the largest difference between the males and females post MI in this study? Is this t ratio significant? Provide a rationale for your answer. The table indicates the mental health t ratio -3.15 has the largest difference between male and females post M.I.
The biological theory tells us that genes determine a person’s gender. Klinefelters syndrome supports the biological approach as a person with this type of syndrome, where the individual has a XXY chromosome, will suffer from lack of body hair and underdeveloped genitals. Turners syndrome is when a woman is born with XO chromosomes which result in them having short bodies. However, some individuals are born with XY chromosomes and as they grow up, realise that their gender is female. Therefore there is reason to believe that genes may not affect gender development that much as there are a lot of people nowadays who are transgender.
Fraternal twins, or dizygotic twins, share exactly half their genes with each other. They are not as optimal as identical twins for deciphering the degrees of genetic influence, but they are a very good basis for comparison for identical twins. Fraternal twins are similar to first-degree relatives, except they are sure to share the exact same age, as do identical twins. Twin studies usually rely on samples of identical and fraternal twins; if biology has a greater hand than environment, then identical twins should behave or possess psychopathology similar to each other more so than fraternal twins (Plomin et al., 1997). This is an example of the heritability coefficient coming into play: the estimate of how much someone's specific trait in comparison to other people's traits under one characteristic is attributable to genes (Olson, Vernon, Harris, Aitken, & Jang, 2001).
The issue being raised was easy to understand, but the mass variability in the data Hines provided made her claims at the end of the chapter rather shallow. Hines raises the question of whether or not certain hormones, androgen and gonadal, influence cognition. She initially points out the sex differences found in males and females, and then compares different studies to determine if this exposure to a certain hormone increases cognition in non-sex typical traits. For example, if prenatal exposure to androgen increases a female’s spatial skills, which is considered to be a male characteristic. Hines first shows studies where androgen does increase cognitive abilities, and then shows ones where it has no effect.
In order to draw a conclusion about the effectiveness of preventive surgeries, I would need to see a chart of how many people the surgery was a success for and for how many people it had no effect. Based on the average ages, both of these mutations affect older woman. The average age at diagnosis for the BRCA1 mutation is 43.9, while the average age for BRCA2 is 46.2. The women that these mutations effect most likely have already had kids and may have passed the cancer down to their
Some children develop pebbly or ivory colored skin lesions on the upper arms, legs and back. The degree of advancement is different in each individual, and the range is very broad in the types and severity of symptoms (National MPS Society, 2014). The extent of mental retardation and life expectancy are two of the highest concerns related to Hunter Syndrome. Those with the disease that are not mentally retarded have lived into their 20’s and 30’s. Reports show some have lived to be sixty.
By the time we reached late childhood and adolescence our concept of gender identity and sexual orientation is firmly entrenched (Wood, 2010). Our behavior, aspirations and attitudes is also strongly influenced by the gender role expectations in particular cultures. This essay will relate, contrast sex and gender in society and how important it is for sociologists to distinguish them both. The term “sex” is the natural biological genetic makeup that distinguishes males from females and in particular the sexual organs and their characteristics. Bodies are, so we think, natural, God- given, sacred, hardwired.
Often having 100 or more moles increases your risk of N.M. Another factor is gender, men are more likely to develop N.M. over females. Your age too can play a role and the risk increases for people over 60. N.M. can often develop in people that have a weak immune system. This can be from taking a specific medication or having an organ transplant. There is also a rare disease called Xeroderma Pigmentosum.
In the more than 20 years since they have been saving extremely premature infants, with all the medical advanced technology the survival of very low birth weight babies. The National Center for Health statistics said that of the 3.9 million infants born in the United States in 1998, about 56,000 were considered very low birth weight. Of those about 16,647 were micro-preemies. With infants who were born weighing less than 1,000 grams or a little over 2 pounds were at a slightly higher risk for having cerebral palsy and slightly lower intelligence quotients than those of the same weight born in earlier decades. I feel like the author who wrote this is very persuasive on what she wrote about and with all of the evidence that was put into this essay was pretty much all hard evidence.
There are not available any diagnostic tests or procedures to help catch this disease early. Yet, there are a few current theories that explain the cause of MS such as interaction of environmental and genetic factors. These factors are geographical, genetic, viral, infective and maybe related to a shortage of vitamin D (D’Arcy, 2012). Multiple sclerosis affects approximately 400,000 people in the United States, more than 50,000 people in Canada, and 2.5 people million worldwide. Multiple sclerosis is at least two to three times more common in women than in men, which suggests that hormones may play a vital role in determining an individual’s susceptibility (Miller, D. H. et all 2008).