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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Create active
B Uncouple unfavorable
C Promote Passive
D Promote evocative
Question #2
A Passive
B Active
C Evocative
D Dynamic
Question #3
A An active correlation
B Range of reaction
C Evocate correlation
D A passive correlation
Question #4
A Heritability estimation
B Canalization
C Gene-Environment correlation
D natural selection
Question #5
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
Question #6
A People have unique, genetically influenced reaction to particular experiences
B People with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly
C People respond similarity to the same qualities of the environment
D Heredity restricts the development of some characteristics to just one or a few outcomes
Question #7
A Differences in genetic makeup explain about one quarter of the variation in intelligence
B Heritability of intelligence does not increase over the lifespan
C Heritability of personality increases over the lifespa
D Genetic Factors are important in personality
Question #8
A Kinship study
B Case study
C Experimental design
D Structured observation
Question #9
A Correlation coefficients
B Heritability estimates
C epigenesist
D Niche-picking
Question #10
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 Researchers use heritability estimated to infer the role of the environment in complex human characteristics
D Genetic markers explain nearly all of the variation in human behavior
Question #11
A Behavioral genetics
B Environmental genetics
C Epigenesis
D Child development
Question #12
A Releases the Policy Book every two years, providing an in-depth compilation of policies for children
B Engages in public education, legal action, drafting of legislation, congressional testimony and community organizing
C Is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children in poverty in non-industrialized nation
D Provides free legal services to low-income families of children with disabilities
Question #13
A Such government policies have failed in other western countries
B The US already ranks at the top on key measures children health and well-being
C Social programs are rarely cost effective
D Cultural values of self-reliance and privacy have made government hesitant to become involved in family matters
Question #14
A Slovakia
B Czech Republic
C Hungary
D The US
Question #15
A Although affordable child care is in short supply, nearly all programs are high quality
B The US has been slow to move toward national standards and funding for child care
C The united states ranks first in the industrialized world in public funding for child care
D Affordable child care is available for most families across the US
Question #16
A Has a higher infant death rate than canada and spain
B Now has a universal, publicly funded health-care system
C Provides national standard and funding for child care
D Spend more public funds on education from sweden
Question #17
A Collectivist
B Tribal
C Individualistic
D Interdependent
Question #18
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
Question #19
A Microsystems
B Macrosystems
C Collectivist societies
D Subcultures
Question #20
A Less; have contact with their children teachers
B Less; occupy positions of leadership
C More; participate in civic groups
D More; visit museums on regular basis
Question #21
A Mid-sized city
B Large urban area
C Urban neighborhood
D Small town
Question #22
A A lesser
B A greater
C A similar
D No measurable
Question #23
A Value their children character more than their accomplishments
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 Engage in parenting that promotes favorable development
Question #24
A Children from single-parent families
B Immigrant children
C adopted children
D Children of poverty
Question #25
A Ignore their child’s misbehavior
B Engage in permissive child rearing
C Use coercive discipline
D Reward their children for good behavior
Question #26
A Harsh discipline
B Parental conflict
C Piano lessons
D An inspiring teacher
Question #27
A Niche-picking
B Permissive parenting
C Coparenting
D Induction
Question #28
A Have trouble developing feelings
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 Tend to have more learning and emotional difficulties than other children
Question #29
A Maternal blood analysis
B amniocentesis
C Fetoscope
D Ultrasound
Question #30
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
Question #31
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
Question #32
A down
B XYY
C Klinefelter
D Turner
Question #33
A Cystic fibrosis
B Childhood cancer
C Hemophilia
D PKU
Question #34
A X-linked inheritance
B Codominance
C Genomic imprinting
D Genetic Mutations
Question #35
A Sickle cell anemia
B Fragile X syndrome
C Huntington disease
D Marfan syndrome
Question #36
A Worldwide, approximately 106 girls are born for every 100 boys
B Rates of miscarriage, infant death, and childhood death are higher among males than females
C Rates of mental retardation, learning disabilities, and behavior disorders are higher among females than males
D The female infant is at a disadvantage compared to the male infant
Question #37
A Facial dimples
B Curly hair
C Red hair
D v
Question #38
A Dominant
B Dominant- recessive
C A Carrier
D Recessive
Question #39
A The ovum is carrying an X Chromosome or Y chromosome
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 X and Y chromosomes separate into sperm cells or ovum
Question #40
A An identical twin
B Fraternal twin
C Male
D Female
Question #41
A For about four decades
B For about three decades
C For about two decades
D At any age after sexual maturity
Question #42
A Sperm cells do not reach maturity until adolescence
B Meiosis results in just one sperm cell
C The cells from which sperm arise are produced continuously throughout life
D About 1 to 2 million sperm are produced when meiosis is complete
Question #43
A Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves
B Doubles the number of chromosomes normally present in the body cells
C Halves the number of chromosomes normally present in the body cells
D Results in dizygotic twins
Question #44
A Alleles
B Phenotypes
C Gametes
D Autosomes
Question #45
A Duplicate itself
B Untwist itself
C Divide itself in half
D Slit itself in thirds
Question #46
A Genotype
B Chromosome
C Karyotype
D Phenotype
Question #47
A Chromosomes
B Genotypes
C Phenotypes
D Alleles