Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Uncouple unfavorable

B  Promote evocative 

C  Create active

D  Promote Passive 

A  Passive

B  Dynamic 

C  Evocative 

D  Active 

A   Evocate correlation 

B  Range of reaction

C  An active correlation 

D  A passive correlation

A  Heritability estimation

B  natural selection

C  Gene-Environment correlation 

D  Canalization

A  They will all experience the same increase in intelligence 

B  They will each respond differently to the same environment 

C  They will all obtain an average intelligence score 

D  Hermione will outperform Harry and Ron on intelligence measures

A  People have unique, genetically influenced reaction to particular experiences 

B  People with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly 

C  People respond similarity to the same qualities of the environment 

D  Heredity restricts the development of some characteristics to just one or a few outcomes

A  Heritability of intelligence does not increase over the lifespan 

B  Heritability of personality increases over the lifespa

C  Differences in genetic makeup explain about one quarter of the variation in intelligence

D  Genetic Factors are important in personality 

A  Case study

B  Structured observation

C  Kinship study

D  Experimental design 

A  Niche-picking

B  Heritability estimates 

C  Correlation coefficients 

D  epigenesist 

A  A growing number of researchers regard the question of how much heredity and environment contribute to differences among people as unanswerable 

B  Genetic markers explain nearly all of the variation in human behavior 

C  Researchers use heritability estimated to infer the role of the environment in complex human characteristics

D  Scientists have determined that heredity plays a larger role than the environment in human development 

A  Behavioral genetics

B  Epigenesis 

C  Environmental genetics

D  Child development

A  Provides free legal services to low-income families of children with disabilities 

B  Engages in public education, legal action, drafting of legislation, congressional testimony and community organizing

C  Is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children in poverty in non-industrialized nation 

D  Releases the Policy Book every two years, providing an in-depth compilation of policies for children 

A  Such government policies have failed in other western countries 

B  Cultural values of self-reliance and privacy have made government hesitant to become involved in family matters

C  The US already ranks at the top on key measures children health and well-being

D  Social programs are rarely cost effective 

A  Hungary 

B  The US

C  Slovakia

D  Czech Republic 

A  The united states ranks first in the industrialized world in public funding for child care 

B  Although affordable child care is in short supply, nearly all programs are high quality

C  The US has been slow to move toward national standards and funding for child care

D  Affordable child care is available for most families across the US 

A  Provides national standard and funding for child care 

B  Now has a universal, publicly funded health-care system

C  Spend more public funds on education from sweden 

D  Has a higher infant death rate than canada and spain 

A  Collectivist 

B  Tribal

C  Individualistic 

D  Interdependent 

A  Stress individuals goals over group goals

B  Think of themselves as separate entities 

C  Define themselves as part of a group 

D  Are largely concerned with their own personal needs 

A  Microsystems

B  Macrosystems

C  Subcultures 

D  Collectivist societies

A  More; visit museums on regular basis

B  Less; have contact with their children teachers

C  More; participate in civic groups

D  Less; occupy positions of leadership

A  Large urban area

B  Small town

C  Mid-sized city 

D  Urban neighborhood 

A  No measurable

B  A greater

C  A similar 

D  A lesser

A  Value their children character more than their accomplishments 

B  Are nearly as physically and emotionally unavailable to their youngsters as parents coping with serious financial strain

C  Make fewer demands on their children than their less-well off counterparts

D   Engage in parenting that promotes favorable development

A  Immigrant children 

B  Children of poverty 

C  Children from single-parent families

D  adopted children

A  Reward their children for good behavior 

B  Use coercive discipline 

C  Ignore their child’s misbehavior 

D  Engage in permissive child rearing

A  An inspiring teacher 

B  Piano lessons 

C  Parental conflict

D  Harsh discipline 

A  Niche-picking

B  Permissive parenting 

C  Induction

D  Coparenting 

A  Tend to have more learning and emotional difficulties than other children 

B  Have trouble developing feelings 

C  Are more like their adoptive parents than their biological parents in intelligence and personality 

D  Fare less well than children who return to their biological mothers

A  Maternal blood analysis 

B  Ultrasound

C  amniocentesis 

D  Fetoscope

A  Arrangements rarely proceed smoothly 

B  Is illegal in most U.S. states

C  Is the least controversial from of medically assisted conception 

D  Usually involves the wealthy as contractors for infants and the less economically advantaged as surrogates 

A   It cannot be performed on women whose fallopian tubes have been damaged 

B  The success rate of in-virto fertilization declines steady with age

C  about 10 percent of American babies are conceived through this technique 

D  Doctors are required to keep records of the characteristics of sperm donors

A  Klinefelter

B  Turner 

C  down

D  XYY

A  Childhood cancer

B  Cystic fibrosis 

C  PKU 

D  Hemophilia

A  X-linked inheritance

B  Genomic imprinting 

C  Codominance 

D  Genetic Mutations 

A  Huntington disease 

B  Fragile X syndrome

C  Marfan syndrome

D  Sickle cell anemia 

A  Worldwide, approximately 106 girls are born for every 100 boys 

B  Rates of miscarriage, infant death, and childhood death are higher among males than females

C  The female infant is at a disadvantage compared to the male infant 

D  Rates of mental retardation, learning disabilities, and behavior disorders are higher among females than males

A  Curly hair

B  v

C  Facial dimples 

D  Red hair

A  A Carrier 

B  Dominant- recessive 

C  Dominant 

D  Recessive

A  The X and Y chromosomes separate into sperm cells or ovum 

B  An X-bearing sperm or a Y-bearing sperm fertilizes the ovum

C  The sperm fertilizes an X-bearing ovum or a Y bearing ovum 

D  The ovum is carrying an X Chromosome or Y chromosome 

A  Fraternal twin

B  Male 

C  Female

D  An identical twin

A  At any age after sexual maturity 

B  For about four decades

C  For about two decades

D  For about three decades 

A  Sperm cells do not reach maturity until adolescence 

B  Meiosis results in just one sperm cell 

C  The cells from which sperm arise are produced continuously throughout life

D  About 1 to 2 million sperm are produced when meiosis is complete

A  Doubles the number of chromosomes normally present in the body cells 

B  Results in dizygotic twins

C  Halves the number of chromosomes normally present in the body cells

D  Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves 

A  Phenotypes

B  Autosomes 

C  Alleles 

D  Gametes 

A  Duplicate itself 

B  Slit itself in thirds 

C  Divide itself in half

D  Untwist itself 

A  Chromosome

B  Karyotype 

C  Genotype 

D  Phenotype 

A  Genotypes

B  Phenotypes 

C  Chromosomes

D  Alleles