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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Uncouple unfavorable
B Create active
C Promote Passive
D Promote evocative
Question #2
A Active
B Evocative
C Dynamic
D Passive
Question #3
A An active correlation
B Range of reaction
C A passive correlation
D Evocate correlation
Question #4
A Gene-Environment correlation
B Canalization
C natural selection
D Heritability estimation
Question #5
A Hermione will outperform Harry and Ron on intelligence measures
B They will all experience the same increase in intelligence
C They will each respond differently to the same environment
D They will all obtain an average intelligence score
Question #6
A People respond similarity to the same qualities of the environment
B People have unique, genetically influenced reaction to particular experiences
C Heredity restricts the development of some characteristics to just one or a few outcomes
D People with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly
Question #7
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
Question #8
A Kinship study
B Experimental design
C Structured observation
D Case study
Question #9
A Heritability estimates
B Niche-picking
C Correlation coefficients
D epigenesist
Question #10
A A growing number of researchers regard the question of how much heredity and environment contribute to differences among people as unanswerable
B Scientists have determined that heredity plays a larger role than the environment in human development
C Genetic markers explain nearly all of the variation in human behavior
D Researchers use heritability estimated to infer the role of the environment in complex human characteristics
Question #11
A Child development
B Behavioral genetics
C Epigenesis
D Environmental genetics
Question #12
A Is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children in poverty in non-industrialized nation
B Releases the Policy Book every two years, providing an in-depth compilation of policies for children
C Engages in public education, legal action, drafting of legislation, congressional testimony and community organizing
D Provides free legal services to low-income families of children with disabilities
Question #13
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 Social programs are rarely cost effective
D The US already ranks at the top on key measures children health and well-being
Question #14
A Czech Republic
B The US
C Hungary
D Slovakia
Question #15
A Although affordable child care is in short supply, nearly all programs are high quality
B The US has been slow to move toward national standards and funding for child care
C The united states ranks first in the industrialized world in public funding for child care
D Affordable child care is available for most families across the US
Question #16
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
Question #17
A Individualistic
B Tribal
C Interdependent
D Collectivist
Question #18
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
Question #19
A Collectivist societies
B Macrosystems
C Subcultures
D Microsystems
Question #20
A Less; occupy positions of leadership
B More; participate in civic groups
C Less; have contact with their children teachers
D More; visit museums on regular basis
Question #21
A Small town
B Urban neighborhood
C Large urban area
D Mid-sized city
Question #22
A A greater
B A lesser
C No measurable
D A similar
Question #23
A Are nearly as physically and emotionally unavailable to their youngsters as parents coping with serious financial strain
B Make fewer demands on their children than their less-well off counterparts
C Value their children character more than their accomplishments
D Engage in parenting that promotes favorable development
Question #24
A Immigrant children
B adopted children
C Children from single-parent families
D Children of poverty
Question #25
A Reward their children for good behavior
B Engage in permissive child rearing
C Ignore their child’s misbehavior
D Use coercive discipline
Question #26
A Harsh discipline
B Piano lessons
C An inspiring teacher
D Parental conflict
Question #27
A Permissive parenting
B Coparenting
C Induction
D Niche-picking
Question #28
A Are more like their adoptive parents than their biological parents in intelligence and personality
B Fare less well than children who return to their biological mothers
C Have trouble developing feelings
D Tend to have more learning and emotional difficulties than other children
Question #29
A Fetoscope
B Maternal blood analysis
C Ultrasound
D amniocentesis
Question #30
A Arrangements rarely proceed smoothly
B Usually involves the wealthy as contractors for infants and the less economically advantaged as surrogates
C Is illegal in most U.S. states
D Is the least controversial from of medically assisted conception
Question #31
A It cannot be performed on women whose fallopian tubes have been damaged
B about 10 percent of American babies are conceived through this technique
C Doctors are required to keep records of the characteristics of sperm donors
D The success rate of in-virto fertilization declines steady with age
Question #32
A XYY
B Klinefelter
C down
D Turner
Question #33
A Hemophilia
B Cystic fibrosis
C Childhood cancer
D PKU
Question #34
A Genetic Mutations
B X-linked inheritance
C Codominance
D Genomic imprinting
Question #35
A Sickle cell anemia
B Huntington disease
C Marfan syndrome
D Fragile X syndrome
Question #36
A Rates of miscarriage, infant death, and childhood death are higher among males than females
B Rates of mental retardation, learning disabilities, and behavior disorders are higher among females than males
C The female infant is at a disadvantage compared to the male infant
D Worldwide, approximately 106 girls are born for every 100 boys
Question #37
A Curly hair
B Facial dimples
C v
D Red hair
Question #38
A Recessive
B Dominant- recessive
C A Carrier
D Dominant
Question #39
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 The X and Y chromosomes separate into sperm cells or ovum
D An X-bearing sperm or a Y-bearing sperm fertilizes the ovum
Question #40
A Male
B An identical twin
C Female
D Fraternal twin
Question #41
A For about four decades
B For about two decades
C For about three decades
D At any age after sexual maturity
Question #42
A Meiosis results in just one sperm cell
B The cells from which sperm arise are produced continuously throughout life
C Sperm cells do not reach maturity until adolescence
D About 1 to 2 million sperm are produced when meiosis is complete
Question #43
A Halves the number of chromosomes normally present in the body cells
B Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves
C Doubles the number of chromosomes normally present in the body cells
D Results in dizygotic twins
Question #44
A Phenotypes
B Gametes
C Autosomes
D Alleles
Question #45
A Divide itself in half
B Slit itself in thirds
C Untwist itself
D Duplicate itself
Question #46
A Genotype
B Chromosome
C Karyotype
D Phenotype
Question #47
A Alleles
B Genotypes
C Phenotypes
D Chromosomes