Exam 2: Heredity and Environment

In women, ova are formed:

A photograph of a cell's chromosomes arranged in pairs according to size is referred to as a:

Three-year-old Kayla has been seeing her pediatrician for checkups every six months and fears the shots she receives each time. Now, even though he does not administer the shots, Kayla cries when the pediatrician enters the room because she associates him with receiving shots. The pediatrician has become a(n):

Which of the following syndromes occurs only in females?

A gene is best defined as:

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:

Rex decides that the only way he will ever be able to work hard enough to pass his chemistry class is to give himself a reward after every chapter he reads and every lab report he turns in on time. His approach to studying is best thought of as an example of:

Anne mentions that her cousin has a congenital anomaly. You would know that this is sometimes also referred to as:

Which of the following is the best example of a partial schedule of reinforcement?

Having an African-American ancestry puts individuals at higher risk for developing which of the following genetic disorders?

A consequence that decreases the probability that a behavior will be repeated is a technical definition of the term:

Suppose that the gene that determines how many fingers a person has is coded such that having 5 fingers is dominant and having 6 fingers is recessive. If a person's mother has 5 fingers and his father has 6 fingers, what is the probability that he will be born with 6 fingers?

At birth, Debbie was given a mandatory screening test and tested positive for a disorder that required her to be placed immediately on a restricted diet to control her symptoms. Which of the following is mostly likely the condition for which she is being treated?

Many individuals who grew up during the Great Depression were so devastated by the collapse of the economy that they became distrustful of depositing large sums of money in banks. The Great Depression would best be considered a:

Suppose that a disease is inherited. Your mother has the disease, your father does not, and you have a very minor case of the disease which lies somewhere in between your mother's and father's situation. In this case, we would know that the alleles that determine this trait:

At age 65, Reggie retired from high school teaching. This change most likely reflects a:

What percent of babies born today in the United States are healthy and normal?

The term that refers to an individual's genetic make-up is __________; the term that refers to the physical characteristics that result from that genetic make-up is __________:

If all cells in a person's body have a particular mutation present, we can conclude that the mutation most likely occurred:

The text suggests that, from a genetic point of view, the concept of race is: