Question 1

The information stored in the DNA is accessed via a process called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Translation 
B)  Transcription 
C)  Transduction 
D)  Transformation 
A)  Translation 
B)  Transcription 
C)  Transduction 
D)  Transformation

Question 2

What is the most likely adaptive explanation of infanticide in animals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Eliminating weak individuals in a group. 
B)  Reducing the spread of mutant alleles. 
C)  Increasing food resources. 
D)  Increasing males' fitness. 
A)  Eliminating weak individuals in a group. 
B)  Reducing the spread of mutant alleles. 
C)  Increasing food resources. 
D)  Increasing males' fitness.

Question 3

Which of the following is a CORRECT example of a developmental constraint on adaptation?

Accepted Answer

A)  A tree can't grow high too quickly because their tissue is made using energy captured
From the light. 
B)  Big-sized animals can't fly because their bones are too heavy. 
C)  Gazelles can't avoid predation because they co-evolve with lions. 
D)  Improvements in rabbits' defences is accompanied with improvements in foxes' hunting abilities. 
A)  A tree can't grow high too quickly because their tissue is made using energy captured
From the light. 
B)  Big-sized animals can't fly because their bones are too heavy. 
C)  Gazelles can't avoid predation because they co-evolve with lions. 
D)  Improvements in rabbits' defences is accompanied with improvements in foxes' hunting abilities.

Question 4

When a trait is highly heritable the influence of environment on that trait becomes irrelevant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

__________ refers to the fact that in every species individuals are different from one another.

Accepted Answer

The answer of __________ refers to the fact that in...

Question 6

Which of the following terms refers to the success at leaving descendants of an individual or group of individuals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fixation 
B)  Differential reproductive success 
C)  Fitness 
D)  Reproduction 
A)  Fixation 
B)  Differential reproductive success 
C)  Fitness 
D)  Reproduction

Question 7

What is the 1000 Genomes Projects?

Accepted Answer

The first project tr

Question 8

Genetic mutations occur during __________, when the genome is copied. Some of these mutations simply involve the swapping of one __________ for another, but others are more complex and result in changes of entire strings.

Accepted Answer

DNA replic

Question 9

Over the past 100 years, the improvement of living standards has changed the proportion of reproductive success in Britain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Children and chimpanzees are equally good at social cognition tasks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Dr Foster conducted a study in which she found that a given behaviour showed very similarly in both monozygotic and dizygotic twins. In other words, monozygotic twins were no more similar in expressing this behaviour than dizygotic twins. What do Dr Foster's findings suggest?

Accepted Answer

The heritability for

Question 12

Haseleu, Omerbašić, Frenzel, Gross, and Lewin (2014) tried to replicate the experiment of Kareklas et al. (2013) and observed:

Accepted Answer

A)  no time advantage to having wrinkled fingers when objects were wet. 
B)  a time advantage to having wrinkled fingers when objects were wet. 
C)  a time advantage to having wrinkled fingers only when objects were dry. 
D)  a time advantage to having wrinkled fingers with both wet and dry 
A)  no time advantage to having wrinkled fingers when objects were wet. 
B)  a time advantage to having wrinkled fingers when objects were wet. 
C)  a time advantage to having wrinkled fingers only when objects were dry. 
D)  a time advantage to having wrinkled fingers with both wet and dry

Question 13

Sandra and Myriam are two monozygotic twins who live in a nice neighbourhood just outside the city. The two girls attend a private school a few blocks away from their house. In their free time, they love to take horse riding lessons and play in the garden. Thomas and Kevin are two monozygotic twins who live in a neighbourhood which is known for its high level of air pollution. As a result, the boys often suffer from chest infections. Thomas and Kevin attend a state school and in their free time they love playing videogames and walk around in the neighbourhood. Their parents work until very late at night and the boys often consume their dinner at a local fast-food. Based on this information, in which pair of twins it's very likely to find a higher heritability index for intelligence?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Sandra and Myriam are two monozygotic twins...

Question 14

A statistical set of all the environmental conditions that an organism has faced and now is adapted to is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  environment of adaptation 
B)  environment of adaptive selection 
C)  environment of evolutionary adaptation 
D)  environment of evolutionary adaptedness 
A)  environment of adaptation 
B)  environment of adaptive selection 
C)  environment of evolutionary adaptation 
D)  environment of evolutionary adaptedness

Question 15

Which of the following is not a basic principle of adaptation by natural selection?

Accepted Answer

A)  Heredity 
B)  Variation 
C)  Differential reproduction 
D)  Translation 
A)  Heredity 
B)  Variation 
C)  Differential reproduction 
D)  Translation

Question 16

Social learning allows for cumulative __________, which refers to the fact that human learned behaviours become increasingly more advanced and complex with each passing generation.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Social learning allows for cumulative __________, which...

Question 17

Adaptation by natural selection can be broken into three basic principles: variation, heredity, and specialization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Describe the principles of Mendelian inheritance providing a suitable example using an imaginary gene which has an allele B and an allele b.

Accepted Answer

Two homozygotes with the same alleles (B

Question 19

Allele and gene are synonyms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

People with different alleles of the gene 5-HTT have a different probability of developing depression only in the presence of stressful life events. This situation is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  gene by environment interaction 
B)  gene by environment correlation 
C)  gene by environment association 
D)  heritability 
A)  gene by environment interaction 
B)  gene by environment correlation 
C)  gene by environment association 
D)  heritability

The information stored in the DNA is accessed via a process called:

What is the most likely adaptive explanation of infanticide in animals?

Which of the following is a CORRECT example of a developmental constraint on adaptation?

When a trait is highly heritable the influence of environment on that trait becomes irrelevant.

__________ refers to the fact that in every species individuals are different from one another.

Which of the following terms refers to the success at leaving descendants of an individual or group of individuals?

What is the 1000 Genomes Projects?

Genetic mutations occur during , when the genome is copied. Some of these mutations simply involve the swapping of one for another, but others are more complex and result in changes of entire strings.

Over the past 100 years, the improvement of living standards has changed the proportion of reproductive success in Britain.

Children and chimpanzees are equally good at social cognition tasks.

Dr Foster conducted a study in which she found that a given behaviour showed very similarly in both monozygotic and dizygotic twins. In other words, monozygotic twins were no more similar in expressing this behaviour than dizygotic twins. What do Dr Foster's findings suggest?

Haseleu, Omerbašić, Frenzel, Gross, and Lewin (2014) tried to replicate the experiment of Kareklas et al. (2013) and observed:

A statistical set of all the environmental conditions that an organism has faced and now is adapted to is known as:

Which of the following is not a basic principle of adaptation by natural selection?

Social learning allows for cumulative __________, which refers to the fact that human learned behaviours become increasingly more advanced and complex with each passing generation.

Adaptation by natural selection can be broken into three basic principles: variation, heredity, and specialization.

Describe the principles of Mendelian inheritance providing a suitable example using an imaginary gene which has an allele B and an allele b.

Allele and gene are synonyms.

People with different alleles of the gene 5-HTT have a different probability of developing depression only in the presence of stressful life events. This situation is an example of:

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Exam 3: Evolutionary and Genetic Foundations of Psychology

The information stored in the DNA is accessed via a process called:

What is the most likely adaptive explanation of infanticide in animals?

Which of the following is a CORRECT example of a developmental constraint on adaptation?

When a trait is highly heritable the influence of environment on that trait becomes irrelevant.

__________ refers to the fact that in every species individuals are different from one another.

Which of the following terms refers to the success at leaving descendants of an individual or group of individuals?

What is the 1000 Genomes Projects?

Genetic mutations occur during __________, when the genome is copied. Some of these mutations simply involve the swapping of one __________ for another, but others are more complex and result in changes of entire strings.

Over the past 100 years, the improvement of living standards has changed the proportion of reproductive success in Britain.

Children and chimpanzees are equally good at social cognition tasks.

Dr Foster conducted a study in which she found that a given behaviour showed very similarly in both monozygotic and dizygotic twins. In other words, monozygotic twins were no more similar in expressing this behaviour than dizygotic twins. What do Dr Foster's findings suggest?

Haseleu, Omerbašić, Frenzel, Gross, and Lewin (2014) tried to replicate the experiment of Kareklas et al. (2013) and observed:

A statistical set of all the environmental conditions that an organism has faced and now is adapted to is known as:

Which of the following is not a basic principle of adaptation by natural selection?

Social learning allows for cumulative __________, which refers to the fact that human learned behaviours become increasingly more advanced and complex with each passing generation.

Adaptation by natural selection can be broken into three basic principles: variation, heredity, and specialization.

Describe the principles of Mendelian inheritance providing a suitable example using an imaginary gene which has an allele B and an allele b.

Allele and gene are synonyms.

People with different alleles of the gene 5-HTT have a different probability of developing depression only in the presence of stressful life events. This situation is an example of:

The Science of Psychology

Research Methods in Psychology

Neuroscience, the Brain, and Behaviour

Motivation

Consciousness: Conscious Versus Unconscious Processes

Sensation and Perception

Learning

Memory

Emotion

Cognitive Development

Language and Thought

Intelligence

Personality

Mental Health and Psychopathology

The Treatment of Mental Health Problems

Social Development

Social Cognition and Attitudes

Interpersonal, Group, and Intergroup Processes

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Genetic mutations occur during , when the genome is copied. Some of these mutations simply involve the swapping of one for another, but others are more complex and result in changes of entire strings.