How Can a Father's Habits Affect the Health of an Unborn

question 14

Multiple Choice

How can a father's habits affect the health of an unborn child during prenatal development?

• A)A father's nicotine intake produces DNA changes that are passed to the fetus on chromosome 23.
• B)A father's use of barbiturates interacts with a mother's use of marijuana,resulting in missing chromosomes on a child's 8th pair.
• C)A father's use of alcohol or illegal drugs can affect his sperm,which in turn may lead to chromosomal damage that affects the fetus.
• D)A father's use of crack cocaine causes sperm mutations,such that two sperm are capable of fertilizing a single ovum.

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Definitions:

Analogue Experiments

These experiments use conditions that are made to simulate or resemble the real-world scenarios under study, allowing for controlled investigation of hypotheses.

Matched Designs

A research method in which participants are paired or grouped based on similarities in key characteristics to control for those variables in an experiment.

Correlational Experiments

Research methods that examine the relationship or correlation between two or more variables without manipulation by the experimenter.

Psychological Effects

The impact on an individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors resulting from various stimuli or experiences.