Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Promote evocative 

B  Uncouple unfavorable

C  Promote Passive 

D  Create active

A  Dynamic 

B  Evocative 

C  Passive

D  Active 

A  Range of reaction

B  An active correlation 

C  A passive correlation

D   Evocate correlation 

A  Heritability estimation

B  natural selection

C  Canalization

D  Gene-Environment correlation 

A  They will all experience the same increase in intelligence 

B  They will each respond differently to the same environment 

C  They will all obtain an average intelligence score 

D  Hermione will outperform Harry and Ron on intelligence measures

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 

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  Case study

C  Structured observation

D  Experimental design 

A  Niche-picking

B  epigenesist 

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

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

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

A  Behavioral genetics

B  Environmental genetics

C  Epigenesis 

D  Child development

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

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

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

D  Social programs are rarely cost effective 

A  Czech Republic 

B  Hungary 

C  Slovakia

D  The US

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  Spend more public funds on education from sweden 

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

C  Provides national standard and funding for child care 

D  Has a higher infant death rate than canada and spain 

A  Interdependent 

B  Collectivist 

C  Individualistic 

D  Tribal

A  Define themselves as part of a group 

B  Think of themselves as separate entities 

C  Are largely concerned with their own personal needs 

D  Stress individuals goals over group goals

A  Microsystems

B  Macrosystems

C  Collectivist societies

D  Subcultures 

A  More; participate in civic groups

B  Less; have contact with their children teachers

C  More; visit museums on regular basis

D  Less; occupy positions of leadership

A  Mid-sized city 

B  Small town

C  Large urban area

D  Urban neighborhood 

A  No measurable

B  A lesser

C  A greater

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  adopted children

B  Immigrant children 

C  Children from single-parent families

D  Children of poverty 

A  Reward their children for good behavior 

B  Engage in permissive child rearing

C  Ignore their child’s misbehavior 

D  Use coercive discipline 

A  Parental conflict

B  Harsh discipline 

C  Piano lessons 

D  An inspiring teacher 

A  Niche-picking

B  Induction

C  Permissive parenting 

D  Coparenting 

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

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

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

D  Have trouble developing feelings 

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

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

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

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

A  XYY

B  down

C  Klinefelter

D  Turner 

A  Childhood cancer

B  Hemophilia

C  Cystic fibrosis 

D  PKU 

A  X-linked inheritance

B  Codominance 

C  Genomic imprinting 

D  Genetic Mutations 

A  Sickle cell anemia 

B  Fragile X syndrome

C  Marfan syndrome

D  Huntington disease 

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

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

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

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

A  Facial dimples 

B  v

C  Curly hair

D  Red hair

A  Dominant 

B  Dominant- recessive 

C  A Carrier 

D  Recessive

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

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

C  The ovum is carrying an X Chromosome or Y chromosome 

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

A  An identical twin

B  Female

C  Male 

D  Fraternal twin

A  At any age after sexual maturity 

B  For about four decades

C  For about two decades

D  For about three decades 

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

B  Meiosis results in just one sperm cell 

C  Sperm cells do not reach maturity until adolescence 

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

A  Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves 

B  Results in dizygotic twins

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

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

A  Phenotypes

B  Gametes 

C  Alleles 

D  Autosomes 

A  Divide itself in half

B  Duplicate itself 

C  Slit itself in thirds 

D  Untwist itself 

A  Genotype 

B  Phenotype 

C  Chromosome

D  Karyotype 

A  Phenotypes 

B  Alleles 

C  Genotypes

D  Chromosomes