Question 1

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)   Men tend to place more weight on physical attractiveness than women.
B)   Competition for a mate is an important source of intraspecies aggression.
C)   Reciprocal altruism can explain some types of helping behaviour.
D)   Women tend to prefer younger men as potential mates.
E)   Genetic factors can contribute to political attitudes.

Question 2

If a gene is recessive, the particular characteristic will show up if at least one partner carried it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Domain-specific adaptations refer to adaptations related to:

Accepted Answer

A)   The growth of particular parts of the brain over time.
B)   Achieving skills in a particular domain like language learning.
C)   Solving particular problems like learning what is safe to eat.
D)   Using logical reasoning to real life problems.

Question 4

One of the functions of aggression is to establish dominance hierarchies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Kelsey knows she has many athletic abilities she has not developed partly because she lacks the motivation to do so. One might say these abilities are part of her .

Accepted Answer

A)   genotype
B)   phylotype
C)   chromosomes
D)   phenotype

Question 6

When multiple gene pairs combine to influence the expression of a single phenotypic trait, it is called:

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A)   dominant transmission.
B)   genotypic transmission.
C)   phenotypic transmission.
D)   polygenic transmission.

Question 7

Genetic determinism states that genes have invariant and unavoidable effects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Support for innate evolved mechanisms is illustrated by the finding that:

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A)   infants develop a preference for certain human faces over time.
B)   smiling is recognized as an expression of happiness only in some cultures.
C)   the specific language children learn depends on the language to which they are exposed.
D)   infants are born with the ability to learn any language.

Question 9

Males place greater value on physical attractiveness when choosing a mate whereas females place greater value on _.

Accepted Answer

A)   ambition
B)   earning potential
C)   age
D)   good health

Question 10

Though presently there is no quantifiable way to determine the reaction ranges of various intelligence-related traits, research on environmental enrichment programs and adoption studies suggest that the ranges could be:

Accepted Answer

A)   7 to 10 IQ points
B)   4 to 6 IQ points.
C)   20 to 30 IQ points.
D)   15 to 20 IQ points.

Question 11

Genetic counselling offers which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Support to families facing illnesses
B)   Information regarding individual susceptibility to some diseases
C)   Assistance to families with interpreting and understanding the results of genetic testing
D)   Advice when planning a pregnancy
E)   All of these answers are correct

Question 12

Janvier has blue eyes. His father has brown eyes, but his mother has blue eyes. What do we know for sure about these genotypes?

Accepted Answer

A)   His father had two dominant alleles for eye colour.
B)   His mother is heterozygous for eye colour-one brown allele and blue allele.
C)   His father and his mother both contributed a recessive gene to Janvier.
D)   Janvier had a 75% chance of getting blue eyes.
E)   His mother is dominant for blue eyes.

Question 13

You are interested in looking at the heritability of a variety of personality traits. The best research method for you to use would be to study

Accepted Answer

A)   adopted children who were not twins
B)   both identical and fraternal twins who were raised in the same environment
C)   both identical and fraternal twins who were separated early in life and raised in different environments
D)   fraternal twins only who were brought up together
E)   identical twins only who were separated much later in life and raised in different environments

Question 14

Certain basic personality traits that are found across all cultures may have evolved to help us achieve which two overriding goals?

Accepted Answer

A)   establishing cooperative relationships and mate selection
B)   physical survival and social contacts
C)   reproduction of the species and physical survival
D)   establishing positions of dominance and reproduction of the species

Question 15

If you discovered that the heritability coefficient for height was 0.90, this would mean

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A)   that the observed variation was due mostly to genes
B)   there was little variability in the group under observation
C)   genes were completely responsible for the expression of height
D)   that the observed variation was due mostly to the environment
E)   that everyone in the group was tall

Question 16

The procedure where scientists use enzymes to cut strands of DNA and then insert the pieces of DNA into other organisms is known as the

Accepted Answer

A)   genome sequencing procedure.
B)   gene knockout procedure.
C)   behaviour genetics technique.
D)   recombinant DNA procedure.
E)   polygenic transmission procedure.

Question 17

The procedure in which an individual gene is altered to prevent it from carrying out its normal function is called the:

Accepted Answer

A)   elimination procedure.
B)   gene knockout procedure.
C)   recombinant procedure.
D)   polygenic procedure.

Question 18

From a genetic viewpoint, it seems odd that anyone should give up their life for another person. But if that other person is a family member, it makes sense because of the concept of

Accepted Answer

A)   dominant genes
B)   genetic determinism
C)   reciprocal altruism
D)   kin selection
E)   dominance hierarchy

Question 19

Every cell in the human body except one type has:

Accepted Answer

A)   23 chromosomes.
B)   23 genes.
C)   46 chromosomes.
D)   46 genes.

Question 20

Across cultures, with respect to gender differences in mate preferences there is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   moderate consistency
B)   no consistency at all
C)   moderately low consistency
D)   very high consistency

Exam 4: Genes, Evolution, and Behaviour

You are interested in looking at the heritability of a variety of personality traits. The best research method for you to use would be to study

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One of the functions of aggression is to establish dominance hierarchies.

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If a gene is recessive, the particular characteristic will show up if at least one partner carried it.

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The procedure in which an individual gene is altered to prevent it from carrying out its normal function is called the:

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From a genetic viewpoint, it seems odd that anyone should give up their life for another person. But if that other person is a family member, it makes sense because of the concept of

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Across cultures, with respect to gender differences in mate preferences there is ________.

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Every cell in the human body except one type has:

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Kelsey knows she has many athletic abilities she has not developed partly because she lacks the motivation to do so. One might say these abilities are part of her .

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Janvier has blue eyes. His father has brown eyes, but his mother has blue eyes. What do we know for sure about these genotypes?

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When multiple gene pairs combine to influence the expression of a single phenotypic trait, it is called:

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Domain-specific adaptations refer to adaptations related to:

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Males place greater value on physical attractiveness when choosing a mate whereas females place greater value on _.

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The procedure where scientists use enzymes to cut strands of DNA and then insert the pieces of DNA into other organisms is known as the

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Though presently there is no quantifiable way to determine the reaction ranges of various intelligence-related traits, research on environmental enrichment programs and adoption studies suggest that the ranges could be:

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Which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Certain basic personality traits that are found across all cultures may have evolved to help us achieve which two overriding goals?

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Genetic counselling offers which of the following?

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Genetic determinism states that genes have invariant and unavoidable effects.

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Support for innate evolved mechanisms is illustrated by the finding that:

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If you discovered that the heritability coefficient for height was 0.90, this would mean

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