Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Promote evocative 

B  Create active

C  Promote Passive 

D  Uncouple unfavorable

A  Dynamic 

B  Active 

C  Passive

D  Evocative 

A  Range of reaction

B  A passive correlation

C   Evocate correlation 

D  An active correlation 

A  Gene-Environment correlation 

B  Canalization

C  Heritability estimation

D  natural selection

A  They will each respond differently to the same environment 

B  They will all obtain an average intelligence score 

C  They will all experience the same increase in intelligence 

D  Hermione will outperform Harry and Ron on intelligence measures

A  People with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly 

B  People have unique, genetically influenced reaction to particular experiences 

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

D  People respond similarity to the same qualities of the environment 

A  Heritability of personality increases over the lifespa

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

C  Heritability of intelligence does not increase over the lifespan 

D  Genetic Factors are important in personality 

A  Case study

B  Structured observation

C  Kinship study

D  Experimental design 

A  Niche-picking

B  Heritability estimates 

C  epigenesist 

D  Correlation coefficients 

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

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

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

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

A  Behavioral genetics

B  Epigenesis 

C  Child development

D  Environmental genetics

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  Cultural values of self-reliance and privacy have made government hesitant to become involved in family matters

B  Social programs are rarely cost effective 

C  Such government policies have failed in other western countries 

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

A  Czech Republic 

B  The US

C  Slovakia

D  Hungary 

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  Now has a universal, publicly funded health-care system

B  Provides national standard and funding for child care 

C  Has a higher infant death rate than canada and spain 

D  Spend more public funds on education from sweden 

A  Individualistic 

B  Tribal

C  Collectivist 

D  Interdependent 

A  Are largely concerned with their own personal needs 

B  Define themselves as part of a group 

C  Think of themselves as separate entities 

D  Stress individuals goals over group goals

A  Macrosystems

B  Microsystems

C  Subcultures 

D  Collectivist societies

A  More; visit museums on regular basis

B  Less; have contact with their children teachers

C  More; participate in civic groups

D  Less; occupy positions of leadership

A  Small town

B  Urban neighborhood 

C  Large urban area

D  Mid-sized city 

A  No measurable

B  A greater

C  A similar 

D  A lesser

A   Engage in parenting that promotes favorable development

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

C  Value their children character more than their accomplishments 

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

A  adopted children

B  Children from single-parent families

C  Immigrant children 

D  Children of poverty 

A  Ignore their child’s misbehavior 

B  Reward their children for good behavior 

C  Engage in permissive child rearing

D  Use coercive discipline 

A  Parental conflict

B  An inspiring teacher 

C  Piano lessons 

D  Harsh discipline 

A  Permissive parenting 

B  Coparenting 

C  Induction

D  Niche-picking

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  Fetoscope

B  Ultrasound

C  amniocentesis 

D  Maternal blood analysis 

A  Is the least controversial from of medically assisted conception 

B  Arrangements rarely proceed smoothly 

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

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  Turner 

B  down

C  XYY

D  Klinefelter

A  Cystic fibrosis 

B  Childhood cancer

C  PKU 

D  Hemophilia

A  X-linked inheritance

B  Genomic imprinting 

C  Codominance 

D  Genetic Mutations 

A  Huntington disease 

B  Sickle cell anemia 

C  Fragile X syndrome

D  Marfan syndrome

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

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

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

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

A  v

B  Facial dimples 

C  Red hair

D  Curly hair

A  Recessive

B  Dominant 

C  A Carrier 

D  Dominant- recessive 

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

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

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

D  The ovum is carrying an X Chromosome or Y chromosome 

A  Female

B  An identical twin

C  Male 

D  Fraternal twin

A  For about two decades

B  For about three decades 

C  At any age after sexual maturity 

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  Meiosis results in just one sperm cell 

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

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

B  Results in dizygotic twins

C  Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves 

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

A  Gametes 

B  Phenotypes

C  Alleles 

D  Autosomes 

A  Divide itself in half

B  Untwist itself 

C  Slit itself in thirds 

D  Duplicate itself 

A  Karyotype 

B  Chromosome

C  Genotype 

D  Phenotype 

A  Chromosomes

B  Alleles 

C  Phenotypes 

D  Genotypes