Exam 3: The Nature and Nurture of Behavior

The set of instructions that is contained within DNA for any living organism is known as the organism's ___. The observable traits of any living organism are known as the organism's_.

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Question 21

Which of the following cultural dimensions is most associated with the fundamental attribution error?

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Question 22

Cultures that create conditions to avoid uncertainty, stress, and risk also support

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Question 23

A stick insect is able to assume the appearance of a stick to fool predators. The stick bug also eats leaves as a means of survival. When eating a leaf, the stick bug is often vulnerable to predators and sometimes is caught and eaten by birds. Which of the stick insect's traits is the most adaptive?

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Question 24

The field of behavior genetics is a field within this psychological perspective.

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Question 25

The main "test case" for evolutionary psychological theory has been human sex differences. Give three examples of universal differences between males and females found to exist surrounding mating and parenting.

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Question 26

Jennifer's ballet dancing interests resulted from a(n) ________________ gene-environment interaction because her parents fostered her love of dance from an early age.

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Question 27

Without proper nutrition and the appropriate chemical and hormonal environment, the 30,000 genes in a fetal genome will tend to express themselves as a phenotype.

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Question 28

The main function of RNA is to

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Question 29

Professor Rodriguez studies intimacy by comparing the behaviors of adolescents in the United States to those of the Polynesian peoples of the Pacific. Professor Rodriguez's research is most representative of this field of psychology.

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Question 30

You observe a woman yelling at a store clerk and immediately conclude that the woman is rude, mean, and selfish. If you make this conclusion without knowing that, moments before, the clerk had racially insulted the woman, you have succumbed to the

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Question 31

This dimension of cultural psychology reflects the degree to which the less powerful members of society accept and expect that some individuals will weild power while others will lack power.

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Question 32

According to Trivers's theory, a male's sexual psychology includes more aggressive traits than a female's because

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Question 33

Twin studies have illustrated the influence of genetics in all of the following examples, EXCEPT

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Question 34

The division of labor under patriarchy drives many of the sex differences such that

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Question 35

Gregor Mendel was the first understand that the fundamental unit of heredity is the

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Question 36

Robert Trivers's theory of _________________________________ explains sex differences as resulting from unequal minimal levels of sacrifice between males and females surrounding reproduction.

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Question 37

A central component of Trivers's theory of parental investment is that human males from all cultures have evolved to have a smaller minimal possible parental investment compared to human females.

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Question 38

All humans inherit the same versions of genes in collections called alleles.

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Question 39

Which of the following is true regarding short term mating (aka "casual sex") in men?

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The set of instructions that is contained within DNA for any living organism is known as the organism's ___. The observable traits of any living organism are known as the organism's_.

Which of the following cultural dimensions is most associated with the fundamental attribution error?

Cultures that create conditions to avoid uncertainty, stress, and risk also support

A stick insect is able to assume the appearance of a stick to fool predators. The stick bug also eats leaves as a means of survival. When eating a leaf, the stick bug is often vulnerable to predators and sometimes is caught and eaten by birds. Which of the stick insect's traits is the most adaptive?

The field of behavior genetics is a field within this psychological perspective.

The main "test case" for evolutionary psychological theory has been human sex differences. Give three examples of universal differences between males and females found to exist surrounding mating and parenting.

Jennifer's ballet dancing interests resulted from a(n) ________________ gene-environment interaction because her parents fostered her love of dance from an early age.

Without proper nutrition and the appropriate chemical and hormonal environment, the 30,000 genes in a fetal genome will tend to express themselves as a phenotype.

The main function of RNA is to

Professor Rodriguez studies intimacy by comparing the behaviors of adolescents in the United States to those of the Polynesian peoples of the Pacific. Professor Rodriguez's research is most representative of this field of psychology.

You observe a woman yelling at a store clerk and immediately conclude that the woman is rude, mean, and selfish. If you make this conclusion without knowing that, moments before, the clerk had racially insulted the woman, you have succumbed to the

This dimension of cultural psychology reflects the degree to which the less powerful members of society accept and expect that some individuals will weild power while others will lack power.

According to Trivers's theory, a male's sexual psychology includes more aggressive traits than a female's because

Twin studies have illustrated the influence of genetics in all of the following examples, EXCEPT

The division of labor under patriarchy drives many of the sex differences such that

Gregor Mendel was the first understand that the fundamental unit of heredity is the

Robert Trivers's theory of _________________________________ explains sex differences as resulting from unequal minimal levels of sacrifice between males and females surrounding reproduction.

A central component of Trivers's theory of parental investment is that human males from all cultures have evolved to have a smaller minimal possible parental investment compared to human females.

All humans inherit the same versions of genes in collections called alleles.

Which of the following is true regarding short term mating (aka "casual sex") in men?

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Exam 3: The Nature and Nurture of Behavior

The set of instructions that is contained within DNA for any living organism is known as the organism's _________________. The observable traits of any living organism are known as the organism's_______________.

Which of the following cultural dimensions is most associated with the fundamental attribution error?

Cultures that create conditions to avoid uncertainty, stress, and risk also support

The field of behavior genetics is a field within this psychological perspective.

The main "test case" for evolutionary psychological theory has been human sex differences. Give three examples of universal differences between males and females found to exist surrounding mating and parenting.

Jennifer's ballet dancing interests resulted from a(n) ________________ gene-environment interaction because her parents fostered her love of dance from an early age.

Without proper nutrition and the appropriate chemical and hormonal environment, the 30,000 genes in a fetal genome will tend to express themselves as a phenotype.

The main function of RNA is to

Professor Rodriguez studies intimacy by comparing the behaviors of adolescents in the United States to those of the Polynesian peoples of the Pacific. Professor Rodriguez's research is most representative of this field of psychology.

You observe a woman yelling at a store clerk and immediately conclude that the woman is rude, mean, and selfish. If you make this conclusion without knowing that, moments before, the clerk had racially insulted the woman, you have succumbed to the

This dimension of cultural psychology reflects the degree to which the less powerful members of society accept and expect that some individuals will weild power while others will lack power.

According to Trivers's theory, a male's sexual psychology includes more aggressive traits than a female's because

Twin studies have illustrated the influence of genetics in all of the following examples, EXCEPT

The division of labor under patriarchy drives many of the sex differences such that

Gregor Mendel was the first understand that the fundamental unit of heredity is the

Robert Trivers's theory of _________________________________ explains sex differences as resulting from unequal minimal levels of sacrifice between males and females surrounding reproduction.

A central component of Trivers's theory of parental investment is that human males from all cultures have evolved to have a smaller minimal possible parental investment compared to human females.

All humans inherit the same versions of genes in collections called alleles.

Which of the following is true regarding short term mating (aka "casual sex") in men?

Psychology As Science

The Brain, the Body, and Behavior

Human Lifespan Development

Perception and the Senses

Varieties of Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Motivation

Emotion and Health

Personality

Psychological Disorders

Treatment

Social Psychology

Sex, Gender, and Sexual Behavior

Filters

The set of instructions that is contained within DNA for any living organism is known as the organism's ___. The observable traits of any living organism are known as the organism's_.