Exam 4: Genes, Evolution, and Behaviour

Though the research by Vernon at the University of Western Ontario and Jang at the University of British Columbia showed that attitudes toward things like reading books and participating in organized sports showed the greatest heritability rates, the researchers cautioned that

Support for innate evolved mechanisms is illustrated by the finding that

A child has a 25% chance of receiving any given gene from his or her parents.

Why are studies of twins raised together and apart especially informative? What findings have occurred in such studies?

The extent to which variation among a group of people can be attributed to genetic factors is estimated by the

A mother risks her own life by rushing into a burning house to save her son. According to the theory of kin selection, she is most likely performing this altruistic behaviour because

Which type of mating system would result if both male and female parental investment is equal?

The correct date order from earliest to most recent is _______.

What was the primary benefit of the bipedal locomotion adaptation? It _______.

Seymour Kety et al. (1978) studied people who had been adopted and who were diagnosed with schizophrenia later in life. What conclusion did the research support?

Research finds which factors contribute to individual differences in political interest?

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

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

Personality theorists have identified five universal personality traits. Proponents of ____________ theory believe that these traits were useful to our ancestors.

The concept of reaction range was applied to understand interactions between genetics and environment in which of the following areas of study?

In twin study research, what are often compared using samples of monozygotic and dizygotic twins?

If you are chatting with someone at a party who tells you they are a behavior geneticist, which of the following topics would they be most likely to study?

In general, comparing the mate preferences of men and women reveals _______.

Genetic determinism states that genes have invariant and unavoidable effects.

Evolutionary personality theorists speculate the personality traits of conscientiousness and agreeableness may have played an important role in