Introduction to Psychology 1/IPSY102/Cognition/The Quiz
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Review questions
Assess your understanding of this learning pathway by selecting the correct answer for each of the following questions:
- Which of the following examples would demonstrate the influence of nature on behaviour?
- A basketball coach goes to over 200 games per year to recruit potential players for her team.
- Incorrect.
- Grandma drives the kids to soccer practice everyday after school so they can play a sport they love.
- Incorrect.
- A family stocks the cupboards with nutritious snacks to sustain their young athletes.
- Incorrect.
- A young woman is very tall and fast and as a result is very adept at playing sports like volleyball and basketball.
- Correct.
- A basketball coach goes to over 200 games per year to recruit potential players for her team.
- _____ are the basic units of heredity, while their expression is based on environmental experiences, referred to as _____.
- Chromosomes; heritability
- Incorrect.
- Genes; epigenetics
- Correct.
- Chromosomes; epigenetics
- Incorrect.
- Genes; heritability
- Incorrect.
- Chromosomes; heritability
- __________________ is the study of DNA that is modified by environmental events and the genetic changes that are transmitted to offspring.
- Epigenetics
- Incorrect.
- Molecular genetics
- Incorrect.
- Behavioral genetics
- Correct.
- Genetic neuroscience
- Incorrect.
- Epigenetics
- Which of the following is NOT an example of how genetics influences the expression of specific traits?
- A set of twins both have IQs that are two standard deviations above the population mean.
- Incorrect.
- A young girl loves pickled vegetables just like her mother.
- Correct.
- A set of twins is born with curly red hair and dimples.
- Incorrect.
- A young boy has an outgoing personality from his father.
- Incorrect.
- A set of twins both have IQs that are two standard deviations above the population mean.
- A person’s shoe size is an example of:
- a phenotype.
- Correct.
- a genotype.
- Incorrect.
- heritability
- Incorrect.
- epigenetics
- Incorrect.
- a phenotype.
- It is NOT unusual for a(n) _____ child who has suffered a degree of brain damage in a car accident to make a complete recovery several months later. This is because in ______ .
- older; spare neurons and pathways to help take over function.
- Incorrect.
- older; established pathways are protected from long-lasting damage.
- Incorrect.
- younger; spare neurons and pathways to help take over function.
- Correct.
- younger; established pathways are protected from long-lasting damage.
- Incorrect.
- older; spare neurons and pathways to help take over function.