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← Chapter 3 AP Psych Vocab Test
5 Written Questions
5 Matching Questions
- Mutation
- Evolutionary Psychology
- DNA
- Personal Space
- Environment
- a a random error in gene replication that leads to a change
- b the buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies
- c every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us
- d a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes
- e the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection
5 Multiple Choice Questions
- the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next
- twins who develop from separate eggs. They are genetically no closer than brothers and sisters, but they share a fetal environment
- the acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role
- a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
- one's sense of being male or female
5 True/False Questions
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Molecular Genetics → the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior
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Chromosomes → the sex chromosome found in both men and women
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Role → a set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave
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Genes → the biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; a segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein
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Social Learning Theory → the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished
Regenerate Test