Psyc Chapter 3

1. An organism's complete set of genetic instructions is called the

2. Compared to fraternal twins, identical twins are:

3. Adoptive parents are least likely to influence the ________ of their adopted children.

4. Intense and reactive infants become unusually anxious and aroused when facing new or strange situations. This best illustrates the importance of:

5. Estimates of the heritability of personality traits are most directly associated with the research efforts of:

6. In emphasizing that heredity's effects on behavior depend on a person's home environment, psychologists are highlighting the importance of:

7. Bacteria that resist a hospital's antibiotics rapidly multiply as other bacteria die off. This best illustrates:

8. 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:

9. Premature babies are especially likely to gain weight if stimulated by:

10. At a social gathering, Latin Americans may behave in a manner that North Americans consider intrusive and overly expressive. This best illustrates the importance of being sensitive to differing:

11. Displays of self-effacing humility are most characteristic of those who value:

12. Over the last century, Western parents have placed ________ priority on teaching children to respect and obey parents and ________ priority on teaching them loyalty to their country.

13. Adolescent females spend:

14. Jaquetta was exposed to excess testosterone during prenatal development. As a young girl, Jaquetta is likely to:

15. Concepts of masculinity and femininity that influence our perceptions are called gender:

1. Two individuals are most likely to differ in personality if they are: c. fraternal twins who were raised apart.

2. Adopted children are especially likely to have similar ________ if raised in the same home.

3. Assessment of the extent to which variations in infant temperatures are inborn would be of most direct interest to:

4. Heritability refers to the extent to which trait variations among individuals are attributable to their differing:

5. Identifying some of the specific genes that contribute to alcoholism would be of most direct interest to:

6. Evolutionary psychologists attribute the human tendency to fear snakes and heights to:

7. Compared to their female classmates, college-age men are:

8. Critics of evolutionary psychology are particularly likely to emphasize that gender differences in mate preferences are byproducts of:

9. Identical twins who have separate placentas are somewhat less similar than identical twins who share a placenta. This best illustrates the influence of ________ on development.

10. The tendency to exaggerate the impact of parents' child-rearing practices on children's personality has been most characteristic of

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:

12. The dramatic increase in Americans' premarital sexual activity over the past half-century best illustrates that sexual behavior is influenced by:

13. Defining one's identity in terms of one's extended family or work group is most closely associated with:

14. A single ________ on the ________ chromosome plays a crucial role in the prenatal development of the testes.

15. Because he believes that crying is a feminine trait, 14-year-old George has difficulty admitting that a movie makes him tearful. His experience best illustrates dynamics highlighted by: