Exam 2: Heredity and Environment

The extent to which a trait is inherited versus acquired through interactions with the environment defines the concept of:

Ramley states that intelligence is determined by the action of hundreds of different genes. She has just defined intelligence as a _________ trait.

The extent to which a trait is inherited versus acquired through interactions with the environment defines the concept of:

Smith studies a group of 1,000 people who have schizophrenia and who also have identical twins. He finds that 47% of the identical twins also develop this disease. The type of statistical information Dr. Smith's study reveals is called:

Although most of an individual's DNA is contained in the cell nucleus, some is also contained in the:

Operant conditioning is most closely associated with which of the following?

Which of the following syndromes occurs only in females?

A mother and a father have four children (biological not adopted). All four children have blue eyes. Assuming that brown eyes is a dominant trait and blue eyes is a recessive trait, which of the following statements must be true?

Patty doesn't want to hang around with people from the other side of town because she says they are "weird." Patty's behavior best reflects the concept involved in:

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways by which nucleotide bases determine the specific traits contained in the genetic code?

According to the text, the most significant thing that genes do is:

Something that recombinant gene technologies have in common is that they involve extracting some genetic material from cells and reintroducing it into different cells.

Research suggests that a portion of intelligence is inherited. What percentage of an individual's intelligence is generally believed to be due to inherited factors?

If a trait has a heritability that is greater than zero, then the concordance rate for identical twins will be greater than for fraternal twins.

After Bill's parents' divorce, he and his mother were forced to move into an apartment and he had to switch schools. The losses Bill experienced following the divorce marked a turning point in his life, because from then on, he did poorly in school. His parents' divorce would be considered a:

Which of the following inherited disorders results in problems with blood clotting?

Suppose researchers identify a genetic disorder that has negative consequences if the gene is inherited from the mother, but no consequences at all if it is inherited from the father. According to the text, this situation would be:

While taking a test, suppose you are distracted by the student next to you who is smacking her gum as she chews it. However, after a few minutes, you no longer attend to the smacking, even though your neighbor keeps doing this. Your response in this situation is best considered to be the result of:

Which of the following statements about DNA is true?

Which of the following parts of the cell provides most of its energy?