Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Uncouple unfavorable

B  Create active

C  Promote evocative 

D  Promote Passive 

A  Dynamic 

B  Active 

C  Evocative 

D  Passive

A   Evocate correlation 

B  An active correlation 

C  A passive correlation

D  Range of reaction

A  Canalization

B  natural selection

C  Gene-Environment correlation 

D  Heritability estimation

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

B  People respond similarity to the same qualities of the environment 

C  People with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly 

D  People have unique, genetically influenced reaction to particular experiences 

A  Heritability of intelligence does not increase over the lifespan 

B  Genetic Factors are important in personality 

C  Heritability of personality increases over the lifespa

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

A  Kinship study

B  Experimental design 

C  Case study

D  Structured observation

A  Niche-picking

B  Correlation coefficients 

C  epigenesist 

D  Heritability estimates 

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

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

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  Child development

C  Environmental genetics

D  Epigenesis 

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

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

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

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

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

B  Such government policies have failed in other western countries 

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  Hungary 

B  Czech Republic 

C  Slovakia

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  Affordable child care is available for most families across the US 

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

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  Collectivist 

B  Tribal

C  Individualistic 

D  Interdependent 

A  Think of themselves as separate entities 

B  Are largely concerned with their own personal needs 

C  Define themselves as part of a group 

D  Stress individuals goals over group goals

A  Macrosystems

B  Collectivist societies

C  Subcultures 

D  Microsystems

A  More; participate in civic groups

B  More; visit museums on regular basis

C  Less; occupy positions of leadership

D  Less; have contact with their children teachers

A  Urban neighborhood 

B  Large urban area

C  Mid-sized city 

D  Small town

A  A lesser

B  A greater

C  No measurable

D  A similar 

A   Engage in parenting that promotes favorable development

B  Value their children character more than their accomplishments 

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

D  Make fewer demands on their children than their less-well off counterparts

A  Children from single-parent families

B  Children of poverty 

C  adopted children

D  Immigrant children 

A  Engage in permissive child rearing

B  Reward their children for good behavior 

C  Ignore their child’s misbehavior 

D  Use coercive discipline 

A  Harsh discipline 

B  Piano lessons 

C  Parental conflict

D  An inspiring teacher 

A  Coparenting 

B  Permissive parenting 

C  Niche-picking

D  Induction

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

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

C  Have trouble developing feelings 

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

A  amniocentesis 

B  Maternal blood analysis 

C  Ultrasound

D  Fetoscope

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  about 10 percent of American babies are conceived through this technique 

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

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

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

A  Klinefelter

B  Turner 

C  XYY

D  down

A  PKU 

B  Cystic fibrosis 

C  Hemophilia

D  Childhood cancer

A  Genetic Mutations 

B  Codominance 

C  X-linked inheritance

D  Genomic imprinting 

A  Sickle cell anemia 

B  Marfan syndrome

C  Fragile X syndrome

D  Huntington disease 

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

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

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

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

A  v

B  Curly hair

C  Facial dimples 

D  Red hair

A  Dominant 

B  Recessive

C  Dominant- recessive 

D  A Carrier 

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  Fraternal twin

B  Male 

C  Female

D  An identical twin

A  At any age after sexual maturity 

B  For about two decades

C  For about four decades

D  For about three decades 

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

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

C  Meiosis results in just one sperm cell 

D  Sperm cells do not reach maturity until adolescence 

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

B  Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves 

C  Results in dizygotic twins

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

A  Phenotypes

B  Gametes 

C  Autosomes 

D  Alleles 

A  Duplicate itself 

B  Slit itself in thirds 

C  Untwist itself 

D  Divide itself in half

A  Genotype 

B  Phenotype 

C  Karyotype 

D  Chromosome

A  Genotypes

B  Alleles 

C  Chromosomes

D  Phenotypes