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Children, 7/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas, Dallas

Biological Beginnings

Learning Objectives

By the time you have completed this chapter, you should be able to reach the following goals:

1

Explain the concepts of natural selection and adaptive behavior.

2

Describe the evolutionary psychology perspective.

3

Discuss genetic foundations.

4

Describe some chromosome and gene-linked abnormalities.

5

Understand reproduction challenges and choices.

6

Evaluate heredity-environment interaction.