Exam 9: The Inheritance of Personality: Behavioral Genetics and Evolutionary Theory

There is little reason to believe that the effects of genes are multiplicative rather than simply additive.

According to studies of non-twin relatives, the average heritability coefficient for most traits is about ________.

A recent study indicates that a serotonin-related genetic allele seems to influence the development of depression in conjunction with ________.

A researcher interested in predicting patterns of helping behavior using the concept of inclusive fitness would want to know ________.

What is the correct formula for calculating heritability?

According to a recent study about types of depression, the kind of depression that follows a social loss is characterized by ________.

The notion that humans could be improved through selective breeding is called________.

Behavioral genetics, like trait psychology, focuses on aspects of personality that ________, whereas evolutionary psychology more typically focuses on aspects of personality that ________.

All of the following are objections to evolutionary theorizing EXCEPT:

The amount of time one spends watching television is genetically influenced.

A woman who mates with an unstable but attractive man seems to follow a different reproductive strategy than most other women. This idea is called ________.

If a trait is influenced by genes, then dizygotic (DZ) twins should be more similar than monozygotic (MZ) twins.

The evolutionary explanation of sex differences in mate selection is that ________.

There is a reasonable evolutionary explanation for the finding that men are quick to conclude that women are sexually interested in them even when they are not.

The point of view that scientists will eventually be able to explain everything about the mind via biology is called ________.

So far, evolutionary psychology has been much more concerned with the origins of ________ than with ________.

What gene seems to be related to the trait of sensation seeking or novelty seeking?

What is the basic premise of evolutionary theory as it is applied to psychology? How could an evolutionary approach be used to understand something such as sibling conflict?

What is the precise meaning of a heritability coefficient?

For both men and women, those who score high on ________ are especially concerned with finding attractive mating partners, whereas women and men who score low on ________ are concerned with traits related to parenting behaviors.