Chapter 2 Quiz

A  Uncouple unfavorable

B  Create active

C  Promote Passive 

D  Promote evocative 

A  Active 

B  Evocative 

C  Dynamic 

D  Passive

A  An active correlation 

B  Range of reaction

C  A passive correlation

D   Evocate correlation 

A  Gene-Environment correlation 

B  Canalization

C  natural selection

D  Heritability estimation

A  Hermione will outperform Harry and Ron on intelligence measures

B  They will all experience the same increase in intelligence 

C  They will each respond differently to the same environment 

D  They will all obtain an average intelligence score 

A  People respond similarity to the same qualities of the environment 

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 with different gene- environment combination never respond similarly 

A  Genetic Factors are important in personality 

B  Heritability of intelligence does not increase over the lifespan 

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  Structured observation

D  Case study

A  Heritability estimates 

B  Niche-picking

C  Correlation coefficients 

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

A  Child development

B  Behavioral genetics

C  Epigenesis 

D  Environmental genetics

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

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

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  Czech Republic 

B  The US

C  Hungary 

D  Slovakia

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  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  Individualistic 

B  Tribal

C  Interdependent 

D  Collectivist 

A  Think of themselves as separate entities 

B  Are largely concerned with their own personal needs 

C  Stress individuals goals over group goals

D  Define themselves as part of a group 

A  Collectivist societies

B  Macrosystems

C  Subcultures 

D  Microsystems

A  Less; occupy positions of leadership

B  More; participate in civic groups

C  Less; have contact with their children teachers

D  More; visit museums on regular basis

A  Small town

B  Urban neighborhood 

C  Large urban area

D  Mid-sized city 

A  A greater

B  A lesser

C  No measurable

D  A similar 

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

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

C  Value their children character more than their accomplishments 

D   Engage in parenting that promotes favorable development

A  Immigrant children 

B  adopted children

C  Children from single-parent families

D  Children of poverty 

A  Reward their children for good behavior 

B  Engage in permissive child rearing

C  Ignore their child’s misbehavior 

D  Use coercive discipline 

A  Harsh discipline 

B  Piano lessons 

C  An inspiring teacher 

D  Parental conflict

A  Permissive parenting 

B  Coparenting 

C  Induction

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  Have trouble developing feelings 

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

A  Fetoscope

B  Maternal blood analysis 

C  Ultrasound

D  amniocentesis 

A  Arrangements rarely proceed smoothly 

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

C  Is illegal in most U.S. states

D  Is the least controversial from of medically assisted conception 

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

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

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

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

A  XYY

B  Klinefelter

C  down

D  Turner 

A  Hemophilia

B  Cystic fibrosis 

C  Childhood cancer

D  PKU 

A  Genetic Mutations 

B  X-linked inheritance

C  Codominance 

D  Genomic imprinting 

A  Sickle cell anemia 

B  Huntington disease 

C  Marfan syndrome

D  Fragile X syndrome

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

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  Worldwide, approximately 106 girls are born for every 100 boys 

A  Curly hair

B  Facial dimples 

C  v

D  Red hair

A  Recessive

B  Dominant- recessive 

C  A Carrier 

D  Dominant 

A  The ovum is carrying an X Chromosome or Y chromosome 

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

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

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

A  Male 

B  An identical twin

C  Female

D  Fraternal twin

A  For about four decades

B  For about two decades

C  For about three decades 

D  At any age after sexual maturity 

A  Meiosis results in just one sperm cell 

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

C  Sperm cells do not reach maturity until adolescence 

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

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

B  Permits the chromosomes to copy themselves 

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

D  Results in dizygotic twins

A  Phenotypes

B  Gametes 

C  Autosomes 

D  Alleles 

A  Divide itself in half

B  Slit itself in thirds 

C  Untwist itself 

D  Duplicate itself 

A  Genotype 

B  Chromosome

C  Karyotype 

D  Phenotype 

A  Alleles 

B  Genotypes

C  Phenotypes 

D  Chromosomes