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Question #1
Who was the Philosopher that argued taht children are born as tabula rasa?
A.
Rousseau
B.
Locke
C.
Plato
D.
Darwin
Question #2
The development of an individual organism during its life is called:
A.
plasticity
B.
ontogeny
C.
phylogeny
D.
critical period
Question #3
The goal of which type of research if to advance scientific knowledge of human development?
A.
experimental
B.
basic
C.
action
D.
applied
Question #4
Which framework argues that nature and nurture are equally necessary for development?
A.
B.
biological maturation
C.
cultural context
D.
constructivist
E.
environmental learning
Question #5
The 4 common criteria to judge scientific research are:
A.
objectivity, rationality, replicability and value
B.
objectivity, reliability, replicability, validity
C.
objectivity, validity, applied, hypothesis
D.
validity, reliability, correlational, experimental
Question #6
The process that produces sperm and ova, each contains only half of the parent cell's original complement of 46 chromosomes is called:
A.
mitosis
B.
meiosis
C.
homozygous
D.
heterozygous
Question #7
Which genetic abnormality is considered an example of a gene-environment interaction?
A.
klinefelter syndrome
B.
sickle-cell anemia
C.
phenylketonuria
D.
Tay-sachs disease
Question #8
When a child is heterozygous for a trait:
A.
the child will display characteristics that are affected by both alleles, but the characteristics will be distinctively different from those linked to either allele, the child will be affected by both alleles but it will display as intermediate, and the child will display the characteristic if the allele is expressed as dominant
B.
the child will display characteristics that are affected by both alleles, but the characteristics will be distinctively different from those linked to either allele
C.
the child will display the characteristic if the allele is expressed as dominant
D.
the child will be affected by both alleles but it will display as intermediate
Question #9
The fact that certain characteristics typical of a species may be restricted to a narrow range despite wide variations in environmental conditions is called:
A.
heritability
B.
kinship designs
C.
canalization
D.
range of reaction
Question #10
What is coevolution?
A.
having inherited two genes of different allelic forms for a trait
B.
the combined process that emerges from the interaction biological evolution and cultural evolution
C.
two ova that have been fertilized at the same time
D.
having inherited two genes of the same allelic forms for a trait
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