What does it mean to say that the heritability of height is 90 percent? What does that tell us about the contribution of genetics to any one person's height?

Explain how the nature-nurture debate could be used to support each element of the biopsychosocial approach to explaining human behavior.

Human genome (DNA) researchers have discovered that a. chimpanzees are completely different than humans, sharing a small DNA sequence percentage. b. the occasional variations found at particular gene sites in human DNA are of no interest to science. c. many genes do not influence most of our traits. d. nearly every other human is your genetically identical twin. e. genetic predispositions do not help explain our shared human nature and our human diversity.

Explain the difference between parallel and sequential processing and provide an example of how each is involved in your attention during your AP Psychology course.

Epigenetics might best explain which of the following? a. Tobi and Natalie are fraternal twins, both have the same lQ score b. Nico and Kris, two siblings, have the same shoe size. c. Lisa and Eloisa are identical twins, only one develops schizophrenia d. Tom and Ken are identical twins both develop schizophrenia. e. Patrick and Patrika, two siblings, have very different levels of music talent.

Provide two examples of how nature and nurture interact to affect an individual's physical health.

The number of years that a person can expect to live is called a. quality of life. b. quantity of life. c. life expectancy. d. life history.

Explain how the people of Spanish colonial society were categorized into different social classes.

What type of tissues make up the skeletal system?

Explain the difference between loose connective tissue and dense connective tissue.

A victim of a severe head injury can live for years in a nonresponsive state in which the cerebral cortex is not functioning but the person is still alive and performing metabolic functions. Based on your knowledge of brain structure and function, how can this be possible? Make sure your answer indicates which brain structures might be keeping the person alive.

The U.S. Department of Labor found that the unemployment rate for Germany was 5.0% in 1990 and 9.3% in 2003. Determine the approximate average annual rate of increase in unemployment for these 13 years.

Which is the largest part of the brain?(a). cerebellum (b). brain stem (c). cerebrum

Describe how the following motivational theories could explain a young man's desire to become an excellent soccer player: • Incentive • Arousal • Maslow's hierarchy of needs