SelfModule 1-B: Module II. The Physical Self

Heredity

____________is the process of transmitting biological traits from parent to offspring through genes, the basic units of heredity. Heredity also refers to the inherited characteristics of an individual, including traits such as height, eye color, and blood type.

 

Genetics

______________ is the study of how heredity works and, in particular of genes.

gene

• A _____________ is a section of a long deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule, and it carries information for the construction of a protein or part of a protein.
  
  is a segment of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), which is the actual carrier of genetic information.

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Fertilization

_______________- is the process by which sperm and ovum combine to create a single cell called zygote. This then duplicates itself again and again by cell division to produce all the cells that make up a baby

Environment

 Like heredity, the __________ also has been found to play a very important role in determining the behavior and personality development of an individual. Environment includes all the internal and external forces that influence and affect the life, nature, behavior, the growth, development and maturation of living organism. Heredity and ____________ are interdependent forces. Whatever the heredity supplies, the favorable ______________ brings it out. Personality characteristics attained by heredity are shaped by the __________.

The internal environment

__________________ is the condition that prevails within the body of an organism, particularly with respect to the composition of the tissue fluid.

Claude Bernard

French physiologist ______________, who stated that maintenance of a constant internal environment was necessary for the survival of an organism in a varying external environment. For example, the defects in mother like drug or alcohol addiction, smoking, malnutrition, diabetes, endocrinal disturbances, small uterus and such other problems cause many problems in child. Even the psychological state of the mother affects the child’s development.

External Environment

After nine months, the child is born and enters an _________. This new environment will have a different culture, ideology, values, etc. The home atmosphere, parental love, and affection, association with siblings, neighbors, peers, teachers, etc. will shape the personality of the child.