Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Promote evocative 

B  Create active

C  Uncouple unfavorable

D  Promote Passive 

A  Dynamic 

B  Active 

C  Passive

D  Evocative 

A  Range of reaction

B  An active correlation 

C  A passive correlation

D   Evocate correlation 

A  natural selection

B  Canalization

C  Heritability estimation

D  Gene-Environment correlation 

A  Hermione will outperform Harry and Ron on intelligence measures

B  They will all obtain an average intelligence score 

C  They will each respond differently to the same environment 

D  They will all experience the same increase in intelligence 

A  People with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly 

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

C  People have unique, genetically influenced reaction to particular experiences 

D  People respond similarity to the same qualities of the environment 

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

A  Case study

B  Experimental design 

C  Structured observation

D  Kinship study

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

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

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

A  Behavioral genetics

B  Child development

C  Epigenesis 

D  Environmental genetics

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

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

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

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

A  Social programs are rarely cost effective 

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  Such government policies have failed in other western countries 

A  Hungary 

B  Slovakia

C  The US

D  Czech Republic 

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

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

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

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

A  Spend more public funds on education from sweden 

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

C  Has a higher infant death rate than canada and spain 

D  Provides national standard and funding for child care 

A  Interdependent 

B  Individualistic 

C  Collectivist 

D  Tribal

A  Are largely concerned with their own personal needs 

B  Stress individuals goals over group goals

C  Define themselves as part of a group 

D  Think of themselves as separate entities 

A  Collectivist societies

B  Macrosystems

C  Subcultures 

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  Urban neighborhood 

B  Small town

C  Mid-sized city 

D  Large urban area

A  A similar 

B  A lesser

C  No measurable

D  A greater

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

B  Value their children character more than their accomplishments 

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  Children from single-parent families

C  Children of poverty 

D  Immigrant children 

A  Ignore their child’s misbehavior 

B  Engage in permissive child rearing

C  Use coercive discipline 

D  Reward their children for good behavior 

A  An inspiring teacher 

B  Piano lessons 

C  Parental conflict

D  Harsh discipline 

A  Coparenting 

B  Permissive parenting 

C  Niche-picking

D  Induction

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

B  Have trouble developing feelings 

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

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

A  Maternal blood analysis 

B  Ultrasound

C  amniocentesis 

D  Fetoscope

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

B  Is illegal in most U.S. states

C  Is the least controversial from of medically assisted conception 

D  Arrangements rarely proceed smoothly 

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

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

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

A  Turner 

B  Klinefelter

C  XYY

D  down

A  Hemophilia

B  PKU 

C  Cystic fibrosis 

D  Childhood cancer

A  Genomic imprinting 

B  Genetic Mutations 

C  X-linked inheritance

D  Codominance 

A  Marfan syndrome

B  Sickle cell anemia 

C  Fragile X 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  Red hair

B  v

C  Curly hair

D  Facial dimples 

A  A Carrier 

B  Recessive

C  Dominant- recessive 

D  Dominant 

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

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

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

D  The ovum is carrying an X Chromosome or Y chromosome 

A  An identical twin

B  Male 

C  Fraternal twin

D  Female

A  At any age after sexual maturity 

B  For about three decades 

C  For about two decades

D  For about four 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  Halves the number of chromosomes normally present in the body cells

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

D  Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves 

A  Phenotypes

B  Alleles 

C  Gametes 

D  Autosomes 

A  Duplicate itself 

B  Slit itself in thirds 

C  Divide itself in half

D  Untwist itself 

A  Phenotype 

B  Genotype 

C  Karyotype 

D  Chromosome

A  Genotypes

B  Chromosomes

C  Alleles 

D  Phenotypes