Exam 2: Heredity and Environment

If a particular trait is highly heritable, we would expect to see the highest concordance rates among:

In agriculture, the traditional practice of genetic engineering is called:

Andre is a hemophiliac, which means that he has problems with:

Which of the following is the best summary of the current state of gene therapies, such as the use of retroviruses?

Suppose you get into an argument about how similar humans and chimpanzees are. One point to consider is that these species share about ___ % of their genes.

Which of the following is MOST likely to be experienced as a normative influence?

Generalizing from the text, you should conclude that the primary problem with cloning human beings has to do with:

Which of the following sex-linked disorders occurs most frequently?

If the heritability of a trait was .50, we would expect to see the highest concordance rates among:

Which of the following disorders occurs only when the gene involved is inherited from the mother and not the father?

The AB blood type is an example of a condition that results from:

The application of learning principles in order to change behavior is called:

Which of the following is NOT an example of a normative history-graded influence?

If Margaret (a woman) is becoming bald as the result of a genetic trait called pattern baldness, we would know that she inherited a _______ allele for this trait from her mother and a ___________ allele from her father:

The blood clotting disease, hemophilia, occurs much more frequently in males because it is caused by a recessive gene carried on the sex chromosomes. As such, it would be referred to as:

The tendency to assume that one's own cultural beliefs are normal and those of others are abnormal is referred to as:

A researcher records the number of "sucks" a baby takes on her pacifier as she is shown pictures of adult faces. The researcher notes that when her mother's face is shown, the baby stops sucking entirely. This experimental method relies most directly on an understanding of which of the following learning processes?

The technique that allows researchers to consider the results of several similar studies while weighing the quality of each is called:

The term "polygenic inheritance" refers to which of the following?

Little Timmy says, "Boys are cool and girls are stupid." Timmy's statement reflects the heart of what is meant by the term: