Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Promote evocative 

B  Create active

C  Promote Passive 

D  Uncouple unfavorable

A  Active 

B  Dynamic 

C  Passive

D  Evocative 

A  An active correlation 

B  A passive correlation

C   Evocate correlation 

D  Range of reaction

A  Gene-Environment correlation 

B  Canalization

C  Heritability estimation

D  natural selection

A  They will all obtain an average intelligence score 

B  They will all experience the same increase in intelligence 

C  Hermione will outperform Harry and Ron on intelligence measures

D  They will each respond differently to the same environment 

A  People with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly 

B  People have unique, genetically influenced reaction to particular experiences 

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  Genetic Factors are important in personality 

B  Heritability of intelligence does not increase over the lifespan 

C  Heritability of personality increases over the lifespa

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

A  Structured observation

B  Kinship study

C  Case study

D  Experimental design 

A  Heritability estimates 

B  Correlation coefficients 

C  epigenesist 

D  Niche-picking

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

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

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  Child development

B  Environmental genetics

C  Epigenesis 

D  Behavioral genetics

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

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

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

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

C  Social programs are rarely cost effective 

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

A  Czech Republic 

B  The US

C  Slovakia

D  Hungary 

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  Has a higher infant death rate than canada and spain 

B  Provides national standard and funding for child care 

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

D  Spend more public funds on education from sweden 

A  Interdependent 

B  Tribal

C  Individualistic 

D  Collectivist 

A  Think of themselves as separate entities 

B  Are largely concerned with their own personal needs 

C  Stress individuals goals over group goals

D  Define themselves as part of a group 

A  Subcultures 

B  Collectivist societies

C  Microsystems

D  Macrosystems

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  Mid-sized city 

B  Large urban area

C  Small town

D  Urban neighborhood 

A  A lesser

B  A similar 

C  A greater

D  No measurable

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

B  Value their children character more than their accomplishments 

C   Engage in parenting that promotes favorable development

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

A  adopted children

B  Immigrant children 

C  Children from single-parent families

D  Children of poverty 

A  Engage in permissive child rearing

B  Use coercive discipline 

C  Reward their children for good behavior 

D  Ignore their child’s misbehavior 

A  Parental conflict

B  Harsh discipline 

C  An inspiring teacher 

D  Piano lessons 

A  Induction

B  Permissive parenting 

C  Coparenting 

D  Niche-picking

A  Have trouble developing feelings 

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

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  Ultrasound

B  Maternal blood analysis 

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

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

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

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

A  XYY

B  down

C  Klinefelter

D  Turner 

A  Hemophilia

B  Childhood cancer

C  PKU 

D  Cystic fibrosis 

A  Genetic Mutations 

B  X-linked inheritance

C  Genomic imprinting 

D  Codominance 

A  Huntington disease 

B  Fragile X syndrome

C  Sickle cell anemia 

D  Marfan syndrome

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

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

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

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

A  Red hair

B  Facial dimples 

C  v

D  Curly hair

A  Recessive

B  A Carrier 

C  Dominant 

D  Dominant- recessive 

A  The ovum is carrying an X Chromosome or Y chromosome 

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

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

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

A  Female

B  Fraternal twin

C  Male 

D  An identical twin

A  For about two decades

B  For about three decades 

C  At any age after sexual maturity 

D  For about four decades

A  Sperm cells do not reach maturity until adolescence 

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

C  Meiosis results in just one sperm cell 

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

A  Results in dizygotic twins

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

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

D  Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves 

A  Phenotypes

B  Autosomes 

C  Gametes 

D  Alleles 

A  Divide itself in half

B  Duplicate itself 

C  Slit itself in thirds 

D  Untwist itself 

A  Phenotype 

B  Genotype 

C  Chromosome

D  Karyotype 

A  Genotypes

B  Alleles 

C  Chromosomes

D  Phenotypes