Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Promote evocative 

B  Create active

C  Uncouple unfavorable

D  Promote Passive 

A  Dynamic 

B  Passive

C  Evocative 

D  Active 

A   Evocate correlation 

B  Range of reaction

C  A passive correlation

D  An active correlation 

A  Heritability estimation

B  Canalization

C  natural selection

D  Gene-Environment correlation 

A  They will each respond differently to the same environment 

B  They will all experience the same increase in intelligence 

C  Hermione will outperform Harry and Ron on intelligence measures

D  They will all obtain an average intelligence score 

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

B  People have unique, genetically influenced reaction to particular experiences 

C  People with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly 

D  People respond similarity to the same qualities of the environment 

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

B  Heritability of personality increases over the lifespa

C  Heritability of intelligence does not increase over the lifespan 

D  Genetic Factors are important in personality 

A  Experimental design 

B  Case study

C  Kinship study

D  Structured observation

A  Niche-picking

B  Correlation coefficients 

C  Heritability estimates 

D  epigenesist 

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

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

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

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

A  Behavioral genetics

B  Child development

C  Epigenesis 

D  Environmental genetics

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

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

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

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

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  The US

B  Czech Republic 

C  Hungary 

D  Slovakia

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

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

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

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

A  Has a higher infant death rate than canada and spain 

B  Provides national standard and funding for child care 

C  Spend more public funds on education from sweden 

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

A  Tribal

B  Interdependent 

C  Collectivist 

D  Individualistic 

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  Subcultures 

B  Macrosystems

C  Collectivist societies

D  Microsystems

A  Less; occupy positions of leadership

B  Less; have contact with their children teachers

C  More; participate in civic groups

D  More; visit museums on regular basis

A  Small town

B  Mid-sized city 

C  Large urban area

D  Urban neighborhood 

A  A lesser

B  No measurable

C  A greater

D  A similar 

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

B   Engage in parenting that promotes favorable development

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

D  Value their children character more than their accomplishments 

A  Immigrant children 

B  Children from single-parent families

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  An inspiring teacher 

B  Piano lessons 

C  Harsh discipline 

D  Parental conflict

A  Permissive parenting 

B  Induction

C  Coparenting 

D  Niche-picking

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  Tend to have more learning and emotional difficulties than other children 

D  Have trouble developing feelings 

A  amniocentesis 

B  Maternal blood analysis 

C  Ultrasound

D  Fetoscope

A  Is illegal in most U.S. states

B  Arrangements rarely proceed smoothly 

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

D  Is the least controversial from of medically assisted conception 

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

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

C  about 10 percent of American babies are conceived through this technique 

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

A  down

B  Turner 

C  XYY

D  Klinefelter

A  Cystic fibrosis 

B  Hemophilia

C  PKU 

D  Childhood cancer

A  Codominance 

B  X-linked inheritance

C  Genetic Mutations 

D  Genomic imprinting 

A  Fragile X syndrome

B  Marfan syndrome

C  Sickle cell anemia 

D  Huntington disease 

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

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

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

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

A  Facial dimples 

B  Red hair

C  Curly hair

D  v

A  A Carrier 

B  Dominant- recessive 

C  Recessive

D  Dominant 

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

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

C  The ovum is carrying an X Chromosome or Y chromosome 

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

A  Fraternal twin

B  An identical twin

C  Female

D  Male 

A  At any age after sexual maturity 

B  For about two decades

C  For about three decades 

D  For about four decades

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

B  Sperm cells do not reach maturity until adolescence 

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

D  Meiosis results in just one sperm cell 

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

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

C  Results in dizygotic twins

D  Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves 

A  Alleles 

B  Phenotypes

C  Autosomes 

D  Gametes 

A  Divide itself in half

B  Slit itself in thirds 

C  Duplicate itself 

D  Untwist itself 

A  Karyotype 

B  Chromosome

C  Genotype 

D  Phenotype 

A  Chromosomes

B  Phenotypes 

C  Alleles 

D  Genotypes