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Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: Real World Psychology
Chapter Number: Chapter 02

Question Type: Multiple Choice


1) Which field studies how biological processes (e.g., genetics, brain) are related to behavioral
and mental processes?
a) behavioral genetics
b) biopsychology
c) cognitive neurology
d) psychoanalytic genetics

Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Our Genetic Inheritance
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe how psychology applies human genetics to help explain
human behavior.
APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology
Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains




2) Behavioral genetics is the study of .
a) the relative effects of behavior and genetics on survival
b) the relative effects of heredity and environment on behavior and mental processes
c) the relative effects of genetics on natural selection
d) how genetics affects correct behavior

Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Our Genetic Inheritance
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe how psychology applies human genetics to help explain
human behavior.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

,3) Evolutionary psychology studies .
a) how humans adapted their behavior to survive and evolve
b) how humankind's behavior has changed over the millennia
c) how much humans can evolve to change behavior
d) how the principles of evolution such as natural selection and adaptation can explain behavior
and mental processes

Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Our Genetic Inheritance
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe how psychology applies human genetics to help explain
human behavior.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains


4) The study of genetic and environmental influences on behavior is called .
a) behavioral genetics
b) genealogy
c) psychogenetics
d) biological psychology

Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Our Genetic Inheritance
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe how psychology applies human genetics to help explain
human behavior.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology


5) The human body is composed of chromosomes.
a) 23
b) 22
c) 46
d) 44

,Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Our Genetic Inheritance
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe how psychology applies human genetics to help explain
human behavior.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology


6) are threadlike strands of DNA molecules that carry genetic information.
a) Genes
b) Chromosomes
c) Stem cells
d) Heredity cells

Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Our Genetic Inheritance
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe how psychology applies human genetics to help explain
human behavior.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology


7) Which of the following is the definition of behavioral genetics?
a) the application of principles of evolution to explain behavior and mental processesb) the
relative effects of heredity and the environment on how we act and think
c) the effect of nature vs. nurture on our behavior
d) the study of culture and interpersonal relationships

Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Our Genetic Inheritance
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe how psychology applies human genetics to help explain
human behavior.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

, 8) Genes are found on chromosomes and .
a) contain threadlike double strands of DNA molecules
b) determine what traits you will possess
c) are precursor cells that give birth to new cells
d) increase during prenatal development

Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Section Reference: Our Genetic Inheritance
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe how psychology applies human genetics to help explain
human behavior.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology


9) If a trait is recessive, this means it will take gene(s) for the trait to manifest itself in
one's offspring.
a) 1 dominant
b) 2 recessive
c) 2 dominant
d) 3 or more recessive

Answer: b
Difficulty: Hard
Section Reference: Our Genetic Inheritance
Learning Objective: LO 1: Describe how psychology applies human genetics to help explain
human behavior.

APA Goal 1: Knowledge Base in Psychology

1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology

1.3 Describe applications of psychology

Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking

2.3 Engage in innovative and integrative thinking and problem solving


10) Modern psychologists believe that many human characteristics such as eye color, hair color,

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