What Is Bioinformatics

question 24

Multiple Choice

What is bioinformatics?

• A) a technique using 3-D images of genes in order to predict how and when they will be expressed
• B) a method that uses very large national and international databases to access and work with sequence information
• C) a software program available from NIH to design genes
• D) a series of search programs that allow a student to identify who in the world is trying to sequence a given species
• E) a procedure that uses software to order DNA sequences in a variety of comparable ways

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Definitions:

Biases

Systematic tendencies to lean in a certain direction, often resulting in unfair judgments or decisions.

Drives

Internal motivational states created by physiological needs, which direct behavior to fulfill those needs.

Biopsychosocial Model

An interdisciplinary model that looks at the interconnection between biology, psychology, and socio-environmental factors in understanding health and illness.

Diathesis-Stress Model

A psychological theory that explains behavior as a predispositional vulnerability together with stress from life experiences.