ATYPICAL SEX CHROMOSOMES PATTERNS

Question 1

WHAT IS KINFELTER SYNDROME

Answer 1

AFFECTS BIOLOGICAL MALES, THEIR CHROMOSOME PATTERN IN XXY AFFECTS BETWEEN 1 IN 500-1000 PEOPLE, 2/3RD OF PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE

Question 2

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF KS

Answer 2

• REDUCED BODY HAIR
• BREAST DEVELOPMENT
• SOFTENING & ROUNDING OF BODY CONTOURS
• UNDER DEVELOPED GENITALS
• LONG GANGLY LIMBS
• PROBLEMS WITH CO-ORDINATION

Question 3

PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF KS

Answer 3

• POORLY DEVELOPED LANGUAGE SKILLS
• PASSIVE AND SHY
• LACK INTERESTS IN SEXUAL ACTIVITIES
• DOESNT RESPOND WELL IN STRESSFUL SITUATIONS
• PROBLEMS WITH MEMORY AND PROBLEM SOLVING

Question 4

WHAT IS TURNER SYNDROME

Answer 4

AFFECTS BIOLOGICAL FEMALES, ONLY ONE X CHROMOSOME AFFECTS BETWEEN 1- 5000 PEOPLE, INSTEAD OF 46 CHROMOSOMES THEY HAVE 45

Question 5

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TS

Answer 5

• WIDE HIP TO WAIST RATIO
  -WEBBED NECK
• PHYSICALLY IMMATURE
• SHIELD CHEST
• LOW SET EARS
• FAILED TO DEVELOP BREASTS

Question 6

PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Answer 6

• HIGHER THAN AVERAGE READING ABILITY
• LOW PERFORMANCE ON SPATIAL AND MEMORY & MATHS
• SOCIALLY IMMATURE
• HAVE DIFFICULTY RELATING TO THEIR PEERS AND TROUBLE FITTING IN

Question 7

CONTRIBUTION TO NATURE NURTURE DEABTE

Answer 7

COMPARING ATYPICAL CHROMOSONES PATTERNS TO NORMAL ONES, IT BECOMES POSSIBLE TO SEE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM, THIS MEANS THAT THESE BEHAVIOURS HAVE GENTIC BASIS AND ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF ABNORMAL CHROMOSOME STRCUTURES

Question 8

ENVIROMENTAL EXP

Answer 8

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH KS AND TS MAY HAVE ENIVIROMENTAL AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BEHAVIOUR DIFFERENCES. E.G SOCIAL IMMATURITY SEEN IN TS MAY BE DUE TO THEM BEING TREATED IMMATURELY BY PEERS, PEOPLE MAY REACT TO THEM AS YOUNG GIRLS DUE TO APPERANCE

Question 9

UNUSUAL SAMPLE

Answer 9

UNUSUAL AND UNREPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF PEOPLE MEANING THAT THERE IS LACK OF GENERALISABILITY FROM ATYPICAL INDIVIUDALS TO THE WIDER POPULATION, THOSE WHO LOOK DIFFERENT ARE LIKELY TO BE TREATED DIFFERENT

Question 10

RESEARCH INTO ATYPICAL CHROMO PATTERN IS MORE LIKLEY TO LEAD TO MORE ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT

Answer 10

AUS STUDY OF 87 PPL WITH KS SHWED THAT THOSE WHO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND TREATED FROM A YOUNG AGE HAD SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS COMPARED TO THOSE WHO HADNT SUGGESTS THAT INCREASED AWARENESS OF THESE CONDITIONS MAY HAVE PRATICAL APPLICATIONS