Chapter 2 Cross Word Puzzle

Question 1

Public Policies

Answer 1

Laws and government programs aimed to improving current conditions

Question 2

Prenatal Diagnostic

Answer 2

These methods are medical procedures that permit detection of developmental problems before birth

Question 3

Extended Family houshold

Answer 3

Is where the parent and child live with one or more adult relatives

Question 4

Range of Reaction

Answer 4

Each persons Unique genetically determined response to a range of environmental conditions

Question 5

Genetic Environmental Correlation

Answer 5

Is the idea that heredity influences the environment to which individuals are exposed

Question 6

Genetic Counseling

Answer 6

Helps couples assess the likelihood of giving birth to a baby with a hereditary disorder and to choose the best course of action in light of the risks and family goals.

Question 7

Subculture

Answer 7

Is a group of people with beliefs and customs that differ from those of the larger population

Question 8

Collectivist Society

Answer 8

People define themselves as part of a group and stress group over individual goals

Question 9

heritability estimate

Answer 9

Statistic that measures the extent to which individual differences in complex traits in a specific population are due to genetic factors.

Question 10

Canalization

Answer 10

The tendency of heredity to restrict the development of some characteristics to just one or a few outcomes

Question 11

Concordance rate

Answer 11

Is the percentage of instances in which both twins show a trait when it is present in one twin

Question 12

Fraternal twins

Answer 12

Twins that result from the release and fertilization of two ova, genetically no more alike than ordinary siblings “Dyzgotic twins.”

Question 13

Identical Twins

Answer 13

Result when a zygote that has started to duplicate seperates into two clusters of cells that develop into two individuals with the same genetic make up, Monozygotic twins.

Question 14

Carrier

Answer 14

An heterozygous individual who can pass a recessive trait to his or her offspring

Question 15

Individualistic societies

Answer 15

People think of themselves as separate entities and are largely concerned with their own personal needs.

Question 16

Nicenpicking

Answer 16

The tendency to actively choose environments that compliment our heredity

Question 17

Ses

Answer 17

A measure of a families social position and economic well being

Question 18

Kinship Studies

Answer 18

Compare the characteristics of family members to determine the importance of heredity in complex human characteristics.

Question 19

Zygote

Answer 19

The cell resulting from the union of the sperm and ova at conception.