Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Uncouple unfavorable

B  Create active

C  Promote Passive 

D  Promote evocative 

A  Active 

B  Passive

C  Evocative 

D  Dynamic 

A   Evocate correlation 

B  Range of reaction

C  A passive correlation

D  An active correlation 

A  Heritability estimation

B  natural selection

C  Gene-Environment correlation 

D  Canalization

A  Hermione will outperform Harry and Ron on intelligence measures

B  They will each respond differently to the same environment 

C  They will all experience the same increase in intelligence 

D  They will all obtain an average intelligence score 

A  People have unique, genetically influenced reaction to particular experiences 

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

C  People respond similarity to the same qualities of the environment 

D  People with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly 

A  Heritability of intelligence does not increase over the lifespan 

B  Heritability of personality increases over the lifespa

C  Genetic Factors are important in personality 

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

A  Structured observation

B  Case study

C  Kinship study

D  Experimental design 

A  Heritability estimates 

B  Niche-picking

C  Correlation coefficients 

D  epigenesist 

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

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

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  Epigenesis 

B  Behavioral genetics

C  Child development

D  Environmental genetics

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

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

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

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

A  Such government policies have failed in other western countries 

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

C  Social programs are rarely cost effective 

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

A  Slovakia

B  The US

C  Czech Republic 

D  Hungary 

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

B  Affordable child care is available for most families across the US 

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

D  The US has been slow to move toward national standards and funding for child care

A  Provides national standard and funding for child care 

B  Has a higher infant death rate than canada and spain 

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

D  Spend more public funds on education from sweden 

A  Collectivist 

B  Individualistic 

C  Interdependent 

D  Tribal

A  Think of themselves as separate entities 

B  Stress individuals goals over group goals

C  Define themselves as part of a group 

D  Are largely concerned with their own personal needs 

A  Subcultures 

B  Microsystems

C  Collectivist societies

D  Macrosystems

A  More; participate in civic groups

B  Less; have contact with their children teachers

C  More; visit museums on regular basis

D  Less; occupy positions of leadership

A  Mid-sized city 

B  Urban neighborhood 

C  Large urban area

D  Small town

A  A greater

B  A lesser

C  No measurable

D  A similar 

A   Engage in parenting that promotes favorable development

B  Value their children character more than their accomplishments 

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

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

A  Children from single-parent families

B  Children of poverty 

C  adopted children

D  Immigrant children 

A  Engage in permissive child rearing

B  Ignore their child’s misbehavior 

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  Induction

B  Coparenting 

C  Permissive parenting 

D  Niche-picking

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

B  Have trouble developing feelings 

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  Fetoscope

B  Ultrasound

C  amniocentesis 

D  Maternal blood analysis 

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  Is the least controversial from of medically assisted conception 

D  Arrangements rarely proceed smoothly 

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  XYY

B  down

C  Klinefelter

D  Turner 

A  Cystic fibrosis 

B  Childhood cancer

C  Hemophilia

D  PKU 

A  Genomic imprinting 

B  Codominance 

C  Genetic Mutations 

D  X-linked inheritance

A  Marfan syndrome

B  Fragile X syndrome

C  Sickle cell anemia 

D  Huntington disease 

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

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

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  Facial dimples 

B  Curly hair

C  v

D  Red hair

A  Recessive

B  Dominant 

C  Dominant- recessive 

D  A Carrier 

A  The ovum is carrying an X Chromosome or Y chromosome 

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

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

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

A  Female

B  Male 

C  Fraternal twin

D  An identical twin

A  At any age after sexual maturity 

B  For about four decades

C  For about two decades

D  For about three decades 

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

B  Meiosis results in just one sperm cell 

C  Sperm cells do not reach maturity until adolescence 

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

A  Results in dizygotic twins

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

C  Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves 

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

A  Alleles 

B  Phenotypes

C  Autosomes 

D  Gametes 

A  Untwist itself 

B  Divide itself in half

C  Duplicate itself 

D  Slit itself in thirds 

A  Karyotype 

B  Chromosome

C  Phenotype 

D  Genotype 

A  Alleles 

B  Chromosomes

C  Phenotypes 

D  Genotypes