Exam 2: Heredity and Environment

Which of the following is NOT contained in a nucleotide?

Although it was earlier thought that cell mutations were quite rare, more recent research has found that they actually occur quite frequently.

According to research presented in the text, you should conclude that, under normal circumstances, about what percent of a person's personality is the result of genetic factors?

What percent of mitochondrial DNA is inherited from the mother:

An unreasonable fear of an object or a situation is referred to as a:

According to research presented in the text, you should conclude that, under normal circumstances, about what percent of a person's intelligence is the result of environmental, rather than genetic, factors?

Which of the following is an example of a normative history-graded influence on development?

Once the human genome is completely mapped, the field of behavior genetics will no longer be useful.

When a person repeatedly experiences the same stimulus, he or she typically will tend to respond to it less and less with each repetition. This process is referred to as:

The key to understanding how classical conditioning works is to recognize that it involves the _________ of what will come.

According to the text, genetic mutations are:

According to the text, most individuals harbor about ______ potentially lethal recessive genes:

In building a house, carpenters look for instructions on a blueprint, which includes all of the information needed to construct the house. Comparing a house to a human cell, the part of the cell that contains the "blueprint" would be:

For as long as Brian can remember, he has been fearful of being in high places. Just the idea of climbing stairs or riding in an elevator causes him to be overcome with uncontrollable fear. Brian likely suffers from:

Systematically reinforcing successive approximations to a desired act defines:

The extent to which biologically related people show similar characteristics is measured by a technique called:

Because the genes that code for Fragile X disorder are on the X chromosome, females are affected much more often and more seriously than males.

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

Research presented in the text noted that, in comparison to young mothers with ill or premature infants who lived away from their extended family, those who lived with their extended family:

If Wesley is afraid to enter tall buildings because he worries that they will be attacked by terrorists