Chapter 4 Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences; Evolutionary Psychology Flashcards
Studies of the relative impact of nature and nurture on human differences in aggressiveness BEST illustrate the research efforts of:
behavior geneticists
Identifying some of the specific genes that contribute to substance use disorders would be of MOST direct interest to:
molecular geneticists.
______psychology uses the principles of natural selection to study behavior and the mind.
evolutionary
Mutation
a random error in gene replication that leads to a change
Which sequence correctly arranges the building blocks of life from smallest and MOST specific to largest and MOST inclusive?
gene > DNA > chromosome
The field of _____ studies the molecular structure and function of genes.
molecular genetics
Ants that become less sensitive to the repellents that are sprayed on them and are able to multiply are an example of:
natural selection.
Epigenetics
examines the environmental factors influencing the way genes are expressed in thought and behavior.
According to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, _____ is “arguably the most momentous idea ever to occur to a human mind.”
natural selection
Approximately _____ percent of genes are shared by all human beings.
99.9%
Heritability refers to the extent to which trait variations among individuals are attributable to their differing:
genes
Scientists in the field(s) of _____ focus on developing theory and evidence to support the notion that “people are basically the same wherever you go.”
evolutionary psychology but not behavioral genetics
Humans’ and chimpanzees’ genetic codes are 99.4 percent functionally identical. This similarity is due to a(n):
common evolutionary ancestor.
The text explains the hierarchical organization of our genetic code by likening several of its components to a book, chapter, or word. By this analogy, word is to chapter as _____ is to _____.
gene; chromosome
Temperament, the precursor to personality, is a(n) _____ construct.
biological
