Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Create active

B  Uncouple unfavorable

C  Promote Passive 

D  Promote evocative 

A  Passive

B  Evocative 

C  Dynamic 

D  Active 

A  A passive correlation

B   Evocate correlation 

C  An active correlation 

D  Range of reaction

A  Canalization

B  Gene-Environment correlation 

C  natural selection

D  Heritability estimation

A  They will all experience the same increase in intelligence 

B  Hermione will outperform Harry and Ron on intelligence measures

C  They will all obtain an average intelligence score 

D  They will each respond differently to the same environment 

A  People respond similarity to the same qualities of the environment 

B  People with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly 

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

D  People have unique, genetically influenced reaction to particular experiences 

A  Heritability of personality increases over the lifespa

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

C  Genetic Factors are important in personality 

D  Heritability of intelligence does not increase over the lifespan 

A  Case study

B  Kinship study

C  Structured observation

D  Experimental design 

A  Heritability estimates 

B  Correlation coefficients 

C  Niche-picking

D  epigenesist 

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

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

A  Child development

B  Behavioral genetics

C  Environmental genetics

D  Epigenesis 

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  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  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  Affordable child care is available for most families across the US 

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

A  Provides national standard and funding for child care 

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

C  Spend more public funds on education from sweden 

D  Has a higher infant death rate than canada and spain 

A  Individualistic 

B  Collectivist 

C  Tribal

D  Interdependent 

A  Stress individuals goals over group goals

B  Define themselves as part of a group 

C  Are largely concerned with their own personal needs 

D  Think of themselves as separate entities 

A  Collectivist societies

B  Macrosystems

C  Microsystems

D  Subcultures 

A  More; participate in civic groups

B  Less; occupy positions of leadership

C  More; visit museums on regular basis

D  Less; have contact with their children teachers

A  Mid-sized city 

B  Large urban area

C  Small town

D  Urban neighborhood 

A  A similar 

B  A greater

C  No measurable

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  Children of poverty 

B  adopted children

C  Immigrant children 

D  Children from single-parent families

A  Use coercive discipline 

B  Ignore their child’s misbehavior 

C  Reward their children for good behavior 

D  Engage in permissive child rearing

A  Harsh discipline 

B  Parental conflict

C  Piano lessons 

D  An inspiring teacher 

A  Coparenting 

B  Induction

C  Niche-picking

D  Permissive parenting 

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

B  Have trouble developing feelings 

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  Fetoscope

B  Ultrasound

C  Maternal blood analysis 

D  amniocentesis 

A  Is illegal in most U.S. states

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

C  Arrangements rarely proceed smoothly 

D  Is the least controversial from of medically assisted conception 

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

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

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

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

A  down

B  XYY

C  Turner 

D  Klinefelter

A  PKU 

B  Hemophilia

C  Cystic fibrosis 

D  Childhood cancer

A  X-linked inheritance

B  Genomic imprinting 

C  Codominance 

D  Genetic Mutations 

A  Sickle cell anemia 

B  Huntington disease 

C  Marfan syndrome

D  Fragile X syndrome

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

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

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

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

A  Curly hair

B  v

C  Red hair

D  Facial dimples 

A  Dominant 

B  Recessive

C  Dominant- recessive 

D  A Carrier 

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

B  The sperm fertilizes an X-bearing ovum or a Y bearing 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  Fraternal twin

B  Male 

C  An identical twin

D  Female

A  For about two decades

B  For about three decades 

C  For about four decades

D  At any age after sexual maturity 

A  Meiosis results in just one sperm cell 

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

C  Sperm cells do not reach maturity until adolescence 

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

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  Autosomes 

B  Phenotypes

C  Gametes 

D  Alleles 

A  Duplicate itself 

B  Slit itself in thirds 

C  Untwist itself 

D  Divide itself in half

A  Chromosome

B  Phenotype 

C  Karyotype 

D  Genotype 

A  Phenotypes 

B  Genotypes

C  Chromosomes

D  Alleles