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Developmental Psychology Chapter 2

Quiz by Kari Hansen-Limbert

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  • Q1
    Evolutionary process by which those individuals of a species that are best adapted are the ones that survives and reproduce
    Natural selection
    30s
  • Q2
    emphasizes the importance of adaptation, reproduction, and "survival of the fittest" in shaping behavior
    Evolutionary Psychology
    30s
  • Q3
    means the ability to survive long enough to bear offspring
    survival of the fittest
    30s
  • Q4
    units of hereditary information composed of DNA, help cells to reproduce themselves and manufacture the proteins that maintain life
    Genes
    30s
  • Q5
    threadlike structure that come in 23 pairs with one member of each pair coming from each parent, contain genetic substance DNA
    Chromosomes
    30s
  • Q6
    a complex molecule that contains genetic information
    DNA
    30s
  • Q7
    the building blacks of cells as well as the regulators that direct the body's processes
    proteins
    30s
  • Q8
    Global, long-term research efforts to identify the estimated 30,000 genes in human DNA and to figure out the sequences of the chemical base that makes up human DNA
    Human Genome Project
    30s
  • Q9
    46--arranged in 23 pairs
    How many chromosomes do humans have?
    30s
  • Q10
    it is determined by the 23rd chromosome pair--whether the pair is an XX female or an XY for male
    How is our sex determined?
    30s
  • Q11
    The field that seeks to discover the influence of heredity and environment on individual differences in human traits and development
    Behavior Genetics
    30s
  • Q12
    Abnormalities caused by defective genes
    Gene-Linked Abnormalities
    30s
  • Q13
    complete chromosomes or large regions of a chromosome are missing, duplicated, or modified in some way
    Chromosomal Abnormalities
    30s
  • Q14
    a condition of mild to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21
    Down Syndrome
    30s
  • Q15
    occurs when genes have differing effects depending on whether they are inherited from the mother or the father
    Genetic imprinting
    30s

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