Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Uncouple unfavorable

B  Promote Passive 

C  Promote evocative 

D  Create active

A  Dynamic 

B  Active 

C  Passive

D  Evocative 

A  A passive correlation

B   Evocate correlation 

C  An active correlation 

D  Range of reaction

A  Gene-Environment correlation 

B  Canalization

C  natural selection

D  Heritability estimation

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 

A  People respond similarity to the same qualities of the environment 

B  People have unique, genetically influenced reaction to particular experiences 

C  People with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly 

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

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

B  Heritability of personality increases over the lifespa

C  Genetic Factors are important in personality 

D  Heritability of intelligence does not increase over the lifespan 

A  Experimental design 

B  Kinship study

C  Case study

D  Structured observation

A  Correlation coefficients 

B  Heritability estimates 

C  Niche-picking

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

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

A  Environmental genetics

B  Epigenesis 

C  Child development

D  Behavioral genetics

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

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

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  Social programs are rarely cost effective 

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

A  Slovakia

B  The US

C  Hungary 

D  Czech Republic 

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

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

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

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

A  Provides national standard and funding for child care 

B  Has a higher infant death rate than canada and spain 

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

D  Spend more public funds on education from sweden 

A  Interdependent 

B  Collectivist 

C  Individualistic 

D  Tribal

A  Define themselves as part of a group 

B  Are largely concerned with their own personal needs 

C  Stress individuals goals over group goals

D  Think of themselves as separate entities 

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  Small town

C  Large urban area

D  Urban neighborhood 

A  A greater

B  A lesser

C  No measurable

D  A similar 

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  Children of poverty 

B  adopted children

C  Children from single-parent families

D  Immigrant children 

A  Use coercive discipline 

B  Engage in permissive child rearing

C  Ignore their child’s misbehavior 

D  Reward their children for good behavior 

A  An inspiring teacher 

B  Parental conflict

C  Harsh discipline 

D  Piano lessons 

A  Coparenting 

B  Induction

C  Permissive parenting 

D  Niche-picking

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

B  Have trouble developing feelings 

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

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

A  Ultrasound

B  Fetoscope

C  amniocentesis 

D  Maternal blood analysis 

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

B  Is the least controversial from of medically assisted conception 

C  Arrangements rarely proceed smoothly 

D  Is illegal in most U.S. states

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

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

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

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

A  Klinefelter

B  Turner 

C  down

D  XYY

A  Cystic fibrosis 

B  Hemophilia

C  PKU 

D  Childhood cancer

A  Genomic imprinting 

B  X-linked inheritance

C  Genetic Mutations 

D  Codominance 

A  Fragile X syndrome

B  Huntington disease 

C  Marfan syndrome

D  Sickle cell anemia 

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

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

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

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

A  Curly hair

B  Facial dimples 

C  v

D  Red hair

A  Dominant 

B  Dominant- recessive 

C  Recessive

D  A Carrier 

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

A  Male 

B  An identical twin

C  Fraternal twin

D  Female

A  For about three decades 

B  For about two decades

C  At any age after sexual maturity 

D  For about four decades

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

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

C  Sperm cells do not reach maturity until adolescence 

D  Meiosis results in just one sperm cell 

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

B  Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves 

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

D  Results in dizygotic twins

A  Gametes 

B  Autosomes 

C  Phenotypes

D  Alleles 

A  Divide itself in half

B  Untwist itself 

C  Slit itself in thirds 

D  Duplicate itself 

A  Karyotype 

B  Genotype 

C  Phenotype 

D  Chromosome

A  Genotypes

B  Phenotypes 

C  Chromosomes

D  Alleles