Exam 3 - Section 3 (11/01)

Question 1

_________ -
Addresses how personality traits that differ among individuals are passed from parent to child and shared by biological relatives

Answer 1

Behavioral Genetics

Question 2

_________ - Looks at how we differ given similar genetic predispositions

Answer 2

Behavioral Genetics

Question 3

_________ - even though you may have same genes, you are different due to environment

Answer 3

Epigenetic’s

Question 4

_________ - Breed out people with intellectual disabilities

Answer 4

eugenics

Question 5

we can’t predict outcomes of _________ because of _________

Answer 5

• genes

- environments

Question 6

phenotypes - physical traits, how we can observe the _________ of genes

Answer 6

expression

Question 7

_________ -

connections between phenotype and genotype

Answer 7

Calculating Heritability

Question 8

Calculating Heritability - Comparing personality type similarities and _________ in people with same _________ - twins

Answer 8

• differences

- genes

Question 9

Heritability coefficients from _________ studies ≈ .40

Answer 9

-twin

Question 10

Heritability coefficients from _________ studies ≈ .20

Answer 10

non-twin

Question 11

Calcula-ng Heritabilities

Genes _________ and they interact with the _________

Answer 11

• vary

- environment

Question 12

Monozygotic (MZ) - _________

Answer 12

Identical

Question 13

dizygotic (DZ) - two separate _________, and so _________

Answer 13

• ova

- not identical

Question 14

To examine how phenotypes may be attributed to _________ in _________

Answer 14

• variation

- genotypes

Question 15

Heritability - Environmental differences make a bigger impact than _________

Answer 15

genetics

Question 16

_________ - the amount that genes matter

Answer 16

Heritability

Question 17

Genes impact the development and probability of a particular _________ and those traits will set the stage for you to _________ in a certain way

Answer 17

• trait

- behave

Question 18

Traits with little variation will have _________

close to _________

Answer 18

• heritabilities

- zero

Question 19

• _________ affects dopamine receptors

Answer 19

DRD4

Question 20

• _________ gene affects serotonin

Answer 20

5-HTT

Question 21

• 5-HTT gene affects _________

Answer 21

serotonin

Question 22

• DRD4 affects _________ receptors

Answer 22

dopamine

Question 23

_________ - Variance in genes and the different outcomes of how you are

Answer 23

Alleles

Question 24

Alleles - some differences between _________ groups

Answer 24

cultural

Question 25

Genes are not _________ • There must be an environment in order for there to be _________

Answer 25

- causal | - behavior

Question 26

• Environments can affect _________

Answer 26

heritabilities

Question 27

Choice of environment matters in the _________ of our genes (phenotype)

Answer 27

expression

Question 28

• _________ : experience affects biology

Answer 28

Epigenetics

Question 29

• Epigenetics: experience affects biology | - _________, nutrition

Answer 29

Stress

Question 30

You can have the gene for schizophrenia but depending on your _________ you may not experience it

Answer 30

environment

Question 31

• Evolution and behavior -Identify common _________ patterns and then determine how the behavior was _________

Answer 31

- behavior | - adaptive

Question 32

Aggression and _________ - evelutionarily developed behaviors

Answer 32

altruism

Question 33

_________ - the reflection of how other people think of you

Answer 33

sociometer theory

Question 34

_________ - the better you can gauge if people like you the more likely you are to stay alive

Answer 34

sociometer theory

Question 35

_________ - what we look for in the opposite sex

Answer 35

Mate selection

Question 36

_________ - how one behaves inside a heterosexual relationship

Answer 36

Mating strategies

Question 37

Mating behavior: Attraction – Men place higher value on _________ attractiveness and prefer _________ mates

Answer 37

- physical | - younger

Question 38

Mating behavior: Attraction Women place higher value on _________ security and prefer _________ mates

Answer 38

- economic | - older

Question 39

Mating behavior: Attraction Both want the highest likelihood of healthy _________ who will survive and _________

Answer 39

- offspring | - reproduce

Question 40

Mating behavior: Attraction complications-- - Values put on women's _________ is different now - Male physical attractiveness is more _________ to women than it should be

Answer 40

- body | - important

Question 41

Mating behavior: Attraction complications-- • _________ matters

Answer 41

Culture

Question 42

Mating behavior: Sociosexuality – Men are generally _________

Answer 42

higher

Question 43

- Men are more upset at _________ infidelity | - Women are more upset at _________ infidelity

Answer 43

- sexual | - emotional

Question 44

– Sexy son hypothesis -Mating with an attractive but unstable person may produce a _________ that is good at mating and will take care of the _________

Answer 44

- son | - mother