Biol Unit 2 Genetics Practice Test

1. Chromosomes are composed of. A) schemas. B) synapses. C) neurotransmitters. D) deoxyribonucleic acid. 2. Evolutionary psychologists attribute the human tendency to fear snakes and heights to: A) gender schemas. B) the X chromosome. C) norms. D) genetic predispositions. 3. Charles Darwin suggested that the evolution of living organisms is guided by: A) gender schemas. B) natural selection. C) social norms. D) unconscious motives. 4. Evolutionary psychologists are likely to be criticized for human mate selection and for practices. gender differences in the reproductive advantages of common social A) underestimating; underestimating B) overestimating; overestimating C) underestimating; overestimating D) overestimating, underestimating 5. Assessment of the extent to which variations in infant temperaments are inborn would be of most direct interest to: A) social learning theorists. B) behavior geneticists. C) gender schema theorists. D) Freudian psychologists. 6. Two individuals are most likely to differ in intelligence if they are were raised twins who A) fraternal; together B) identical; apart C) fraternal; apart D) identical; together 7. Identical twins reared apart have reared together and similar personalities than identical twins similar personalities than fraternal twins reared apart. A) more; more B) less; less C) more; less D) less; more 8. Adopted children are especially likely to have similar home. if raised in the same A) temperaments B) gene complexes C) personality traits D) religious beliefs 9. The tendency to exaggerate the impact of parents' child-rearing practices on children's personality development has been most characteristic of: A) behavior geneticists. B) Freudian psychologists. C) gender schema theorists. D) evolutionary psychologists. 10. Identical twins who have separate placentas are somewhat less similar than identical twins who share a placenta. This best illustrates the influence of development. on A) prenatal environments B) genetic predispositions C) gender schemas D) natural selection 11. Teens who smoke typically have friends who smoke. In order to avoid overestimating the impact of peer pressure on teens' smoking habits, it would make the most sense to consider the impact of: A) natural selections on gender-typing. B) temperament on physical health. C) smoking preferences on friendship choices. D) gene complexes on maturation. 12. The dramatic increase in Americans' premarital sexual activity over the past half-century best illustrates that sexual behavior is influenced by: A) temperament. B) natural selection. C) testosterone. D) norms. 13. A single on the development of the testes. chromosome plays a crucial role in the prenatal A) gene; X B) gender schema; X C) gene; Y D) gender schema; Y 14. The expectations that men initiate dates and that women select wedding gifts best illustrate aspects of: A) sexual orientation. B) gender identity. C) behavior genetics. D) gene complexes. E) gender roles. 15. Because he believes that worrying is a feminine trait, 14-year-old George has difficulty perceiving his own fears. His experience best illustrates dynamics highlighted by: A) social learning theory. B) behavior genetics. C) gender schema theory. D) evolutionary psychology. For the unborn children of mothers who smoke heavily, nicotine is a(n): A) agonist. B) depressant. C) teratogen. D) hallucinogen. 17 Newborns habituate more rapidly to a than to a A) solid disk; facelike image B) facelike image; bull's-eye pattern C) bull's-eye pattern; solid disk D) facelike image; solid disk 1837. After Nadia learned that penguins can't fly, she had to modify her existing concept of birds. This best illustrates the process of: A) conservation. B) attachment. C) assimilation. D) habituation. E) accommodation. 194. During Piaget's sensorimotor stage, children acquire a: A) theory of mind. B) concept of conservation. C) sense of object permanence. D) capacity for abstract reasoning. 20. A child's realization that others may have beliefs which the child knows to be false best illustrates that the child is not completely: A) assimilated. B) egocentric. C) imprinted. D) habituated. E) accommodated. 21. Deficient social interaction and an impaired understanding of others' states of mind is most characteristic of: A) autism. B) menarche. C) crystallized intelligence. D) object permanence. E) an insecure attachment. 227. Marissa resents the burden and constraints of caring for her infant daughter and frequently ignores her cries for attention. As a consequence, her daughter is most likely to display signs of: A) egocentrism. B) accommodation. C) insecure attachment. D) habituation. E) conservation. 238. People's styles of romantic love in adulthood are most likely to reflect their childhood: A) habituation. B) egocentrism. C) theory of mind. D) attachment experiences. 24. Compared to the children with authoritarian parents, the children of authoritative parents are likely to develop a sense of self-reliance and demonstrate a postconventional morality. likely to A) less; more B) more; less C) less; less D) more; more 2516. Jarrud thinks he should obey his teachers only if they are carefully watching him. Kohlberg would suggest that Jarrud demonstrates a(n) morality. A) conventional B) unconventional C) preconventional postconventional 26 H. The process of developing a sense of identity during adolescence was highlighted by: A) Erikson's psychosocial development theory. B) Piaget's cognitive development theory. C) Kohlberg's moral development theory. D) Harlow's attachment theory.