Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Create active

B  Promote evocative 

C  Promote Passive 

D  Uncouple unfavorable

A  Active 

B  Dynamic 

C  Passive

D  Evocative 

A  An active correlation 

B  Range of reaction

C  A passive correlation

D   Evocate correlation 

A  Gene-Environment correlation 

B  Canalization

C  natural selection

D  Heritability estimation

A  They will each respond differently to the same environment 

B  They will all obtain an average intelligence score 

C  Hermione will outperform Harry and Ron on intelligence measures

D  They will all experience the same increase in intelligence 

A  People with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly 

B  People respond similarity to the same qualities of the environment 

C  People have unique, genetically influenced reaction to particular experiences 

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  Genetic Factors are important in personality 

C  Heritability of personality increases over the lifespa

D  Heritability of intelligence does not increase over the lifespan 

A  Experimental design 

B  Case study

C  Structured observation

D  Kinship study

A  epigenesist 

B  Niche-picking

C  Correlation coefficients 

D  Heritability estimates 

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

A  Child development

B  Behavioral genetics

C  Environmental genetics

D  Epigenesis 

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

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

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

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

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

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

C  Social programs are rarely cost effective 

D  Such government policies have failed in other western countries 

A  Hungary 

B  The US

C  Czech Republic 

D  Slovakia

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

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

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

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

A  Spend more public funds on education from sweden 

B  Provides national standard and funding for child care 

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

D  Has a higher infant death rate than canada and spain 

A  Interdependent 

B  Individualistic 

C  Tribal

D  Collectivist 

A  Stress individuals goals over group goals

B  Think of themselves as separate entities 

C  Are largely concerned with their own personal needs 

D  Define themselves as part of a group 

A  Macrosystems

B  Subcultures 

C  Collectivist societies

D  Microsystems

A  Less; occupy positions of leadership

B  More; visit museums on regular basis

C  More; participate in civic groups

D  Less; have contact with their children teachers

A  Small town

B  Mid-sized city 

C  Urban neighborhood 

D  Large urban area

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

C   Engage in parenting that promotes favorable development

D  Value their children character more than their accomplishments 

A  Children of poverty 

B  Children from single-parent families

C  Immigrant children 

D  adopted children

A  Ignore their child’s misbehavior 

B  Engage in permissive child rearing

C  Reward their children for good behavior 

D  Use coercive discipline 

A  Parental conflict

B  An inspiring teacher 

C  Harsh discipline 

D  Piano lessons 

A  Permissive parenting 

B  Niche-picking

C  Induction

D  Coparenting 

A  Have trouble developing feelings 

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

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

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

A  amniocentesis 

B  Ultrasound

C  Maternal blood analysis 

D  Fetoscope

A  Is the least controversial from of medically assisted conception 

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  Arrangements rarely proceed smoothly 

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

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

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

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

A  Turner 

B  XYY

C  Klinefelter

D  down

A  Hemophilia

B  Childhood cancer

C  PKU 

D  Cystic fibrosis 

A  Genomic imprinting 

B  Codominance 

C  Genetic Mutations 

D  X-linked inheritance

A  Fragile X syndrome

B  Huntington disease 

C  Sickle cell anemia 

D  Marfan syndrome

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

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

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

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

A  v

B  Red hair

C  Facial dimples 

D  Curly hair

A  A Carrier 

B  Dominant- recessive 

C  Recessive

D  Dominant 

A  The ovum is carrying an X Chromosome or Y chromosome 

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

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

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

A  Male 

B  An identical twin

C  Female

D  Fraternal twin

A  For about four decades

B  For about three decades 

C  At any age after sexual maturity 

D  For about two decades

A  Sperm cells do not reach maturity until adolescence 

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

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

D  Meiosis results in just one sperm cell 

A  Results in dizygotic twins

B  Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves 

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

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

A  Gametes 

B  Alleles 

C  Autosomes 

D  Phenotypes

A  Slit itself in thirds 

B  Untwist itself 

C  Divide itself in half

D  Duplicate itself 

A  Chromosome

B  Phenotype 

C  Genotype 

D  Karyotype 

A  Alleles 

B  Phenotypes 

C  Chromosomes

D  Genotypes