How Children Develop Study Set 4

Imagine that researchers estimated the heritability score for trait W to be 45%. Which statement is a CORRECT interpretation of this estimate?

Psychological traits such as empathy, aggression, and shyness follow the _____ type of inheritance pattern.

If the correlation between identical twins on trait R is higher than is the correlation between fraternal twins on trait R, behaviour geneticists conclude that

An adoptive twin study is conducted to examine the role of genetics and environment on sociability. Which result would lead to a conclusion that environmental factors are important in the development of this trait?

A researcher finds that for a particular trait, the correlation between identical twins is greater than is the correlation between nontwin siblings. This result demonstrates that

Which process INCREASES the capacity of dendrites to form connections with other neurons?

During synaptogenesis, each neuron forms synapses with approximately how many other neurons?

Mandy and Candy are fraternal twins who were reared together. Bernie and Ernie are identical twins who were reared together. Which statement is MOST likely to be true?

The complete set of genes is referred to as a

Disease W is a recessive gene disease. Individuals with _____ will suffer from disease W.

Which list identifies the CORRECT sequence of the developmental processes of neurons?

A clear relationship between the severity of the gene anomaly and the resulting phenotype is displayed by examining the genetic underpinnings of

Plasticity is highest and thus recovery from brain damage is MOST likely when _____ is occurring.

Which factor does NOT contribute to obesity?

Regulator genes are responsible for

Cole was born with nonfunctioning hands and must use his feet for most tasks that are typically done with one's hands. Considering experience-expectant plasticity, the MOST likely thing that will happen to the area of Cole's cortex that would normally process sensory information from the hands is that the area will

Which condition is a direct effect of malnutrition?

How does neurogenesis occur?

The amount of variability of a trait that is due to genetic and environmental factors is referred to as

The weight of adopted children is