CH. 2

Question 1

The swaddling clothes used by an infant in the Japanese countryside and the crib used by an infant in an American suburb are both examples of:

Answer 1

Material Tools

Question 2

The process through which cultural factors influence the likelihood that people with certain traits will reproduce is called:

Answer 2

coevolution

Question 3

Of monozygotic twins and dizygotic twins, _____ have the same genetic information.

Answer 3

monozygotic twins only

Question 4

Cultures change because individuals naturally produce variations in the cultural tools they use. This process is called:

Answer 4

cumulative cultural evolution

Question 5

Intelligence, aggression, and other behavioral traits involve:

Answer 5

polygenic inheritance

Question 6

Kinship studies use all of the following types of research designs EXCEPT:

Answer 6

niche study

Question 7

The Baldwin effect is most closely related to the concept of:

Answer 7

survival of the fittest

Question 8

Claudia received an allele for brown eyes from her father and an allele for blue eyes from her mother. Her gene pair is said to be:

Answer 8

heterozygous

Question 9

Children being intentionally taught to use the material and symbolic tools of their culture is known as:

Answer 9

explicit instructions

Question 10

According to evolutionary theory, pregnancy duration is an example of:

Answer 10

natural selection