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iClicker Questions for. Psychology for AP by David G. Myers. Karla Gingerich, Colorado State University. Unit Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, and Behavior. Adoptive parents are least likely to influence the ________ of their adopted children. . A. personality traits

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  1. iClicker Questions for Psychology for APby David G. Myers Karla Gingerich, Colorado State University Unit Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, and Behavior

  2. Adoptive parents are least likely to influence the ________ of their adopted children. • A. personality traits • B. religious beliefs • C. political attitudes • D. moral values

  3. You and the President share __________ of your DNA. • A. very little • B. one fourth • C. half • D. nearly all

  4. Little Bethany loves new faces and stimuli, and laughs easily. People respond to her with playful smiles and tickles, which makes her giggle and ask for more. This represents ___________ between genetic predispositions and environments. • A. an interaction • B. natural selection • C. heritability • D. gender typing

  5. The similarity between the intelligence test scores of nontwin siblings reared together is: • A. greater than that between identical twins reared apart. • B. equal to that between fraternal twins reared together. • C. greater than that between unrelated adoptive siblings reared together. • D. less than that between children and their biological parents.

  6. Researchers found somewhat higher levels of homosexuality among males who have: • A. older brothers. • B. more than one sister. • C. no siblings. • D. been raised by only their mother.

  7. Critical Thinking Questions

  8. Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of. . .This saying reflects perspectives about human beings. Which of the following perspectives does this saying reflect? • A. nature • B. nurture • C. both nature and nurture • D. neither nature nor nurture

  9. You are what you eat. This saying reflects perspectives about human beings. Which of the following perspectives does this saying reflect? • A. nature • B. nurture • C. both nature and nurture • D. neither nature nor nurture

  10. All men are created equal. This saying reflects perspectives about human beings. Which of the following perspectives does this saying reflect? • A. nature • B. nurture • C. both nature and nurture • D. neither nature nor nurture

  11. Which of the following is NOT among the most common criticisms of twin studies? • A. Adoption agencies tend to place separated twins in similar homes. • B. There are not enough available comparisons of fraternal and identical twins for this line of research to be convincing. • C. After being reunited, many twins spend years getting acquainted before being tested by researchers. • D. Twins look alike, evoking similar responses from the environment.

  12. If weight were 50 percent heritable, it would be most accurate to say that: • A. your weight is equally influenced by nature and by nurture. • B. your mother’s genes are responsible for half of your weight, and your father’s genes explain the other half. • C. nature explains about half of the differences we observe among people. • D. there is very little you can do to override the power of your genes in influencing your weight.

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