Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Promote Passive 

B  Uncouple unfavorable

C  Promote evocative 

D  Create active

A  Evocative 

B  Dynamic 

C  Active 

D  Passive

A  A passive correlation

B  Range of reaction

C   Evocate correlation 

D  An active correlation 

A  Gene-Environment correlation 

B  Heritability estimation

C  natural selection

D  Canalization

A  They will all experience the same increase in intelligence 

B  They will each respond differently to the same environment 

C  Hermione will outperform Harry and Ron on intelligence measures

D  They will all obtain an average intelligence score 

A  People respond similarity to the same qualities of the environment 

B  People with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly 

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  Heritability of personality increases over the lifespa

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

C  Heritability of intelligence does not increase over the lifespan 

D  Genetic Factors are important in personality 

A  Kinship study

B  Structured observation

C  Case study

D  Experimental design 

A  Correlation coefficients 

B  Heritability estimates 

C  epigenesist 

D  Niche-picking

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

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

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

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

A  Epigenesis 

B  Behavioral genetics

C  Environmental genetics

D  Child development

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

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

A  Social programs are rarely cost effective 

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

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

D  Such government policies have failed in other western countries 

A  Hungary 

B  Czech Republic 

C  Slovakia

D  The US

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

B  The united states ranks first in the industrialized world in public 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  Now has a universal, publicly funded health-care system

B  Spend more public funds on education from sweden 

C  Provides national standard and funding for child care 

D  Has a higher infant death rate than canada and spain 

A  Collectivist 

B  Individualistic 

C  Tribal

D  Interdependent 

A  Think of themselves as separate entities 

B  Stress individuals goals over group goals

C  Define themselves as part of a group 

D  Are largely concerned with their own personal needs 

A  Subcultures 

B  Macrosystems

C  Collectivist societies

D  Microsystems

A  Less; occupy positions of leadership

B  Less; have contact with their children teachers

C  More; visit museums on regular basis

D  More; participate in civic groups

A  Urban neighborhood 

B  Large urban area

C  Small town

D  Mid-sized city 

A  No measurable

B  A greater

C  A similar 

D  A lesser

A   Engage in parenting that promotes favorable development

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

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

D  Value their children character more than their accomplishments 

A  Immigrant children 

B  Children from single-parent families

C  adopted children

D  Children of poverty 

A  Reward their children for good behavior 

B  Use coercive discipline 

C  Engage in permissive child rearing

D  Ignore their child’s misbehavior 

A  An inspiring teacher 

B  Piano lessons 

C  Parental conflict

D  Harsh discipline 

A  Induction

B  Permissive parenting 

C  Niche-picking

D  Coparenting 

A  Have trouble developing feelings 

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

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

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

A  Maternal blood analysis 

B  Ultrasound

C  amniocentesis 

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  Arrangements rarely proceed smoothly 

D  Is illegal in most U.S. states

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  XYY

B  down

C  Turner 

D  Klinefelter

A  Hemophilia

B  Cystic fibrosis 

C  PKU 

D  Childhood cancer

A  Genomic imprinting 

B  Genetic Mutations 

C  Codominance 

D  X-linked inheritance

A  Fragile X syndrome

B  Marfan syndrome

C  Huntington disease 

D  Sickle cell anemia 

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

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

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

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

A  Facial dimples 

B  v

C  Red hair

D  Curly hair

A  Dominant- recessive 

B  Dominant 

C  Recessive

D  A Carrier 

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

B  The ovum is carrying an X Chromosome or Y chromosome 

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  Male 

B  An identical twin

C  Fraternal twin

D  Female

A  For about four decades

B  At any age after sexual maturity 

C  For about three decades 

D  For about two decades

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

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

C  Sperm cells do not reach maturity until adolescence 

D  Meiosis results in just one sperm cell 

A  Results in dizygotic twins

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

C  Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves 

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

A  Autosomes 

B  Phenotypes

C  Alleles 

D  Gametes 

A  Untwist itself 

B  Slit itself in thirds 

C  Duplicate itself 

D  Divide itself in half

A  Phenotype 

B  Genotype 

C  Karyotype 

D  Chromosome

A  Alleles 

B  Chromosomes

C  Genotypes

D  Phenotypes