Chapter 1 quiz

Question 1

What’s true about altruistic behavior?

Answer 1

Its difficult to explain from an evolutionary/genetic point of view.

Question 2

Evolution improves the fitness of the population, which is defined as:

Answer 2

The # of copies of one’s genes that endure in later generations.

Question 3

Adding a methyl group to a histone protein tightens the histone molecules grip on DNA. In general, what’s the results of this?

Answer 3

It turns the gene off.

Question 4

A gene is found that controls the age @ which a man grows bald, if @ all. that gene seldom affects women, even if they have the gene what kind of gene is this MOST likely to be?

Answer 4

A sex-limited gene.

Question 5

Chemically, what’s the route from genes to their expression?

Answer 5

DNA to RNA to proteins

Question 6

For Descartes, the most problematic issue facing Dualism was:

Answer 6

How an immaterial mind could influence a physical brain

Question 7

A functional explanation of why giraffes have such long necks is that:

Answer 7

It allows them greater access to their food supply

Question 8

A strand of DNA serves as a template (model) for the synthesis of ________.

Answer 8

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) 
A single strand chemical.

Question 9

Understanding differences in intelligence as a function of early learning experiences is a(n) _________ explanation.

Answer 9

Ontogenetic