Name Four Environmental Factors Associated with Reduced Mental Ability

question 107

Essay

Name four environmental factors associated with reduced mental ability.

---

Definitions:

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

A group of inherited genetic disorders that affect the adrenal glands, leading to a production imbalance of adrenal hormones.

Turner Syndrome

A chromosomal disorder affecting females, characterized by the partial or complete absence of one of the X chromosomes, leading to various developmental issues.

Gonochorism

A reproductive system in some animals in which individuals are distinctly male or female, with no change in sex occurring throughout their life span.

Transsexuality

A phenomenon in which a person is intent to live through actions, dress, hormone therapy, and/or surgery as a gender other than that assigned at birth. Most (but not all) transsexuals engage in some process of altering either primary or secondary sexual characteristics through hormone treatment or surgery or both.