Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Create active

B  Uncouple unfavorable

C  Promote Passive 

D  Promote evocative 

A  Passive

B  Active 

C  Evocative 

D  Dynamic 

A  An active correlation 

B  Range of reaction

C   Evocate correlation 

D  A passive correlation

A  Heritability estimation

B  Canalization

C  Gene-Environment correlation 

D  natural selection

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 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

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 

A  Kinship study

B  Case study

C  Experimental design 

D  Structured observation

A  Correlation coefficients 

B  Heritability estimates 

C  epigenesist 

D  Niche-picking

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 

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  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 

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

A  Slovakia

B  Czech Republic 

C  Hungary 

D  The US

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 

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 

A  Collectivist 

B  Tribal

C  Individualistic 

D  Interdependent 

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  Microsystems

B  Macrosystems

C  Collectivist societies

D  Subcultures 

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

A  Mid-sized city 

B  Large urban area

C  Urban neighborhood 

D  Small town

A  A lesser

B  A greater

C  A similar 

D  No measurable

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

A  Children from single-parent families

B  Immigrant children 

C  adopted children

D  Children of poverty 

A  Ignore their child’s misbehavior 

B  Engage in permissive child rearing

C  Use coercive discipline 

D  Reward their children for good behavior 

A  Harsh discipline 

B  Parental conflict

C  Piano lessons 

D  An inspiring teacher 

A  Niche-picking

B  Permissive parenting 

C  Coparenting 

D  Induction

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 

A  Maternal blood analysis 

B  amniocentesis 

C  Fetoscope

D  Ultrasound

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  down

B  XYY

C  Klinefelter

D  Turner 

A  Cystic fibrosis 

B  Childhood cancer

C  Hemophilia

D  PKU 

A  X-linked inheritance

B  Codominance 

C  Genomic imprinting 

D  Genetic Mutations 

A  Sickle cell anemia 

B  Fragile X syndrome

C  Huntington disease 

D  Marfan syndrome

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 

A  Facial dimples 

B  Curly hair

C  Red hair

D  v

A  Dominant 

B  Dominant- recessive 

C  A Carrier 

D  Recessive

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 

A  An identical twin

B  Fraternal twin

C  Male 

D  Female

A  For about four decades

B  For about three decades 

C  For about two decades

D  At any age after sexual maturity 

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

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

A  Alleles 

B  Phenotypes

C  Gametes 

D  Autosomes 

A  Duplicate itself 

B  Untwist itself 

C  Divide itself in half

D  Slit itself in thirds 

A  Genotype 

B  Chromosome

C  Karyotype 

D  Phenotype 

A  Chromosomes

B  Genotypes

C  Phenotypes 

D  Alleles