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Psy Exam
Module 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An organism's complete set of genetic instructions is called the: | genome |
| Bacteria that resist a hospital's antibiotics rapidly multiply as other bacteria die off. This best illustrates: | natural selection. |
| Compared to women, men are ________ likely to feel comfortable about having casual sex with different partners and ________ likely to feel jealous rage over a mate's having sex with someone else. | more; more |
| It has been suggested that men in all cultures tend to marry women younger than themselves because men are genetically predisposed to seek female features associated with youthful fertility. This suggestion best illustrates: | an evolutionary perspective. |
| Compared to fraternal twins, identical twins are ________ similar in their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and ________ similar in risk of divorce. | more; more |
| Adoptive parents are least likely to influence the ________ of their adopted children. | personality traits |
| In emphasizing that the behavioral effects of heredity depend on the specific environment in which one is raised, psychologists are highlighting the importance of: | nature-nurture interactions. |
| Your complete genetic code consists of the exact sequence of ________ within your ________. | nucleotides; DNA |
| Compared to their female classmates, college-age men are ________ likely to engage in unsafe sexual practices and ________ likely to die in auto crashes. | more; more |
| Evolutionary psychologists are likely to be criticized for ________ gender differences in human mate selection and for ________ the reproductive advantages of common social practices. | overestimating; overestimating |
| Two individuals are most likely to differ in intelligence if they are ________ twins who were raised ________. | fraternal; apart |
| Identical twins reared apart have ________ similar personalities than identical twins reared together and ________ similar personalities than fraternal twins reared apart. | less; more |
| Heritability refers to the extent to which trait variations among individuals are attributable to their differing: | genes |
| Identifying some of the specific genes that contribute to alcoholism would be of most direct interest to: | molecular geneticists. |
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