Question 1

Kretschmer believed that psychiatric disorder was related to

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A)   intelligence.
B)   brain physiology.
C)   body type.
D)   blood type.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

In terms of nonshared environment effects, research suggests that

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A)   much of parenting differences reflect genetic differences among children.
B)   much of parenting differences reflect birth order differences.
C)   parents treat their children pretty much the same way.
D)   daughters and sons are treated pretty much the same way.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 3

The part of the brain implicated in emotion and motivation is the

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A)   amygdala.
B)   hippocampus.
C)   prefrontal cortex.
D)   Broca's area.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

What evidence is there that individual differences in personality have a biological basis? Cite evidence from both twin studies and molecular genetic studies.

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There is substantial evidence to suggest...

Question 5

Peer ratings confirm the heritability findings based on self-report data.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The text draws a link between inheritance and fixed personality characteristics.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Behavior geneticists suggest that after heredity, the greatest influence on personality is

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A)   shared environment.
B)   parents.
C)   early experience.
D)   nonshared environment.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

The case of Phineas Gage illustrates the importance of

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A)   the brain for specific personality characteristics.
B)   the brain for the ability to walk and speak.
C)   the brain for cognitive functioning.
D)   all of the above.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Thomas and Chess suggested a goodness-of-fit between temperament and parental environment.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The body of evidence to date suggests that

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A)  the family environment is unimportant for personality.
B)  genes are more important than environment for overall personality.
C)  both a and b.
D)  neither a nor b.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Your book describes research revealing that sexual orientation in males is predicted the number of siblings one has, regardless of whether they grew up in the same household. What did the study authors conclude?

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A)   The environment, broadly construed, has very little effect on sexual orientation.
B)   Genetics are largely responsible for sexual orientation.
C)   Factors associated with the prenatal environment may explain sexual orientation.
D)   None of the above.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 12

The concept of heritability estimate refers to

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A)   the proportion of individual differences due to genes.
B)   the proportion of a characteristic in an individual due to genes.
C)   the proportion of group differences due to genes.
D)   none of the above.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

The key element of the temperament construct is individual differences in emotional quality.

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Question 14

Which of the following is accurate?

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A)   if shared environments are important, adopted siblings reared together will be more similar than biological siblings.
B)   if shared environments are important, biological siblings reared together will resemble their parents more than such siblings reared apart.
C)   if shared environments are important, nonshared environments are unimportant.
D)   none of the above.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Evolved adaptive mechanisms are viewed as

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A)   broad, context-free.
B)   identical in both genders.
C)   task specific.
D)   the same in all species.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Which of the following tends to change in relation to winning and losing in sports?

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A)   testosterone levels.
B)   cortisol levels.
C)   dopamine levels.
D)   serotonin levels.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

High scorers on DvC tend

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A)   be "night owls."
B)   morning larks.
C)   sleep a lot.
D)   none of the above.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Ultimate causes refer to biological processes determining current behavior.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Kagan's research suggests that

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A)   temperament is fixed in childhood.
B)   parenting can make a difference in temperament.
C)   peers are important in the development of temperament.
D)   unshared environments are important in temperament development.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Recent research suggests that children from the same family are so different because of

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A)   different genes.
B)   nonshared environmental influences.
C)   both a and b.D) All of the above
E) A) and B)

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The part of the brain implicated in emotion and motivation is the

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Thomas and Chess suggested a goodness-of-fit between temperament and parental environment.

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The key element of the temperament construct is individual differences in emotional quality.

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Peer ratings confirm the heritability findings based on self-report data.

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