Test: Psychology Ch. 3: Nature, Nuture, and Human Diversity - 20 Questions

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5 Matching Questions

  1. mutation
  2. gender-typing
  3. identical twins
  4. individualism
  5. gender role
  1. a set of expected behaviors for males and for females
  2. b giving priority to one's own goals over group goals and defining one's identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identification
  3. c acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role
  4. d random error in gene replication that leads to a change
  5. e twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two, creating two genetically identical organisms

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes
  2. giving priority to the goals of one's group (family, group) and defining one's identity accordingly
  3. effect of one factor (such as environment) depends on another factor (such as heredity)
  4. twins who develop from separate fertilized eggs
  5. every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us

5 True/False Question

  1. temperament → person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity

          

  2. X chromosome → sex chromosome only found in males

          

  3. culture → set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position out to behave

          

  4. social learning theory → learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished

          

  5. gender → biologically and socially influenced characteristics by which people are defined male or female

          

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