Exam 3: The Evolving Mind: Nature and Nurture Intertwined

Which scenario best illustrates the concept of genetic drift?

Who is credited for first describing the contrast between heredity and environment as "nature versus nurture"?

What do modern biologists describe as the "descent with modification from a common ancestor"?

The study of gene-environment interactions in the production of phenotype is called ____.

Each cell type in the human body has ____.

What is true of genetic mutations?

The process by which survival and reproduction pressures act to change the frequency of alleles in subsequent generations is referred to as ____.

The process of gene expression involves ____.

Which of the following best describes a characteristic of intersexual selection?

You are attending a family reunion of your dad's extended family. You often wonder how you could be related to any of them based on their physical and behavioral characteristics. What is the chance you share an allele with your first cousins?

Explain how mutation, migration, genetic drift, and natural selection affect evolutionary processes. Provide a specific example for each.

Tara and Boris, expectant parents, wonder about the endless possibility of traits their unborn son might inherit from them (e.g., Tara's red hair and allergies; Boris's tall frame and poor eyesight). As a genetics expert, you tell them that after cell division, the egg or sperm contains _____ chromosomes; thus, a male or female can produce _____ different combinations of his or her chromosomes.

The field of evolutionary psychology directly descends from which early school of thought?

In one study, rats licked frequently during infancy by their mothers were calmer than rats licked infrequently when faced with stress later in life. What is the most likely explanation for this?

What do humans share that allows them to be so similar to one another, but different from other animals?

Dr. Pohlson is studying the heritability of self-confidence. Because all of his research participants are upper-middle class adolescents from the same private school in New York City, the heritability of self-confidence will appear to be ____.

An error that occurs when DNA is replicated is referred to as a ____.

Compared with hunter-gatherer societies, agricultural societies are more ____.

Which type of interaction is most likely to result in a negative outcome for both parties in a relationship?

Simon has curly hair. If he is homozygous for the gene that determines curly hair, what is true of his parents?