Deck 2: Extension: C - Research on the Origins of the Human Brain and Behavior

Question 1

If both parents contribute dysfunctional HexA genes (chromosome 15) to a child, the child is likely to exhibit _____; if only one parent contributes this allele, the child is _____ to exhibit this disorder.

A) Huntington's disease; still going
B) Tay-Sachs disease; unlikely
C) Huntington's disease; unlikely
D) Tay-Sachs disease; still going

Answer 1

Tay-Sachs disease; unlikely

Question 2

The MOST appropriate alternative for neoteny is_____.

A) chimpanzees
B) Louis Leakey
C) human adults, young chimps
D) southern ape

Answer 2

human adults, young chimps

Question 3

Animals are used in neuropsychological research for all of the following reasons EXCEPT _____.

A) to show the need to understand basic brain mechanisms
B) to show the usefulness of designing animal models of human neurological disorders
C) to describe the ontogenetic development of the brain
D) to describe evolutionary and genetic influences on brain development

Answer 3

to describe the ontogenetic development of the brain

Question 4

Which is NOT a type of research that is currently being performed to reconstruct the story of human evolution?

A) qualitative
B) behavioral
C) archaeological
D) epigenetics

Question 5

We each receive _____ chromosomes from our father and _____ chromosomes from our mother.

A) 46; 46
B) 23 pairs of; 23 pairs of
C) 46 pairs of; 46 pairs of
D) 23; 23

Question 6

From the fossil record, it seems that monkey - like mammals or primates showed evidence of increasingly _____ that was unmatched.

A) longer tails
B) larger brains
C) more hair
D) longer jaws

Question 7

Consideration of epigenetics helps describe how one genome can code for:

A) only one phenotype due to DNA dominance.
B) different phenotypes due to DNA-environment interactions.
C) only one phenotype due to a lack of mutations within the DNA.
D) different phenotypes due to mutations within the DNA.
Answer Key

Question 8

Recessive alleles that are not visible in a parent's phenotype can be present in their genotype and are more likely to be expressed in their child's _____.

A) phenotype if either parent contributes a dominant allele for that trait.
B) genotype if both parents contribute recessive alleles for that trait.
C) phenotype if both parents contribute recessive alleles for that trait.
D) genotype if both parents contribute dominant alleles for that trait.

Question 9

The MOST appropriate alternative for Jane Goodall is _____.

A) chimpanzees
B) Louis Leakey
C) human adults, young chimps
D) southern ape

Question 10

The MOST appropriate alternative for Australopithecus is_____.

A) chimpanzees
B) Louis Leakey
C) human adults, young chimps
D) southern ape

Question 11

According to research by Hodos and Campbell, humans have inherited a complex striate cortex from which mammalian ancestor?

A) the bush baby
B) the opossum
C) the tree shrew
D) the rhesus monkey

Question 12

The MOST appropriate alternative for Homo habilis is _____.

A) chimpanzees
B) Louis Leakey
C) human adults, young chimps
D) southern ape

Question 13

The ancestor of all hominids is thought to be an animal somewhat like _____.

A) the chimpanzee
B) Homo habilis
C) Australopithecus
D) Homo afarensis

Question 14

The _____ has the largest encephalization quotient.

A) elephant
B) rat
C) chimpanzee
D) dolphin

Question 15

The theory that the genus Homo (human) began in Africa is based primarily on data from which of the following?

A) the fossil record
B) tools presently used in various locations around the world
C) the DNA of extinct hominids
D) historical records