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Zeke's father is a volleyball coach and Zeke grew up wanting to play volleyball. In fifth grade,
he asked his father to show him how to play and teach him basic skills. By the time that he
reaches junior high, he's skilled enough to make the varsity volleyball team. What type of
genotype-environment interaction best explains Zeke's sports success?
A. active
B. passive
C. evocative - ANSWER A. active
Jillian's mother is a librarian and her father is a high school English teacher. When Jillian
began elementary school, her teacher found her reading fourth-grade level books in the
school library. The teacher then encouraged Jillian to read high quality fiction books. By high
school, Jillian is one of her school's top English students. What type of genotype-
environment interaction might best explain how this occurred?
A. active
B. passive
C. evocative - ANSWER C. evocative
a researcher follows a group of children over a period of 10 years to assess socioemotional
development. Which research design is the researcher using?
A.cross-sectional
B. interview
C. experiment
D. longitudinal - ANSWER D. longitudinal
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, delivery of the placenta occurs during stage ____ of childbirth - ANSWER three
place the following prenatal events in order, from earliest to latest.
eyebrows form
responsive to light
swallowing is possible - ANSWER a. swallowing is possible
b. eyebrows form
c. responsive to light
All but one of the following are possible negative effects of a mother smoking during
pregnancy. which effect does not belong on the list?
A. miscarriage
B. preterm birth
C. low birth weight
D. infertility - ANSWER D. infertility
a/an ____ is an agent that causes a birth defect - ANSWER teratogen
T/F maternal age has nothing to do with birth defects in babies - ANSWER false
what is the major disadvantage of a correlational study? - ANSWER it cannot
determine causation
for the following scenario, identify whether the study's design is cross sectional or
longitudinal
teenagers in a study are interviewed regarding who are the most popular peers in a grade -
ANSWER cross-sectional
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Zeke's father is a volleyball coach and Zeke grew up wanting to play volleyball. In fifth grade,
he asked his father to show him how to play and teach him basic skills. By the time that he
reaches junior high, he's skilled enough to make the varsity volleyball team. What type of
genotype-environment interaction best explains Zeke's sports success?
A. active
B. passive
C. evocative - ANSWER A. active
Jillian's mother is a librarian and her father is a high school English teacher. When Jillian
began elementary school, her teacher found her reading fourth-grade level books in the
school library. The teacher then encouraged Jillian to read high quality fiction books. By high
school, Jillian is one of her school's top English students. What type of genotype-
environment interaction might best explain how this occurred?
A. active
B. passive
C. evocative - ANSWER C. evocative
a researcher follows a group of children over a period of 10 years to assess socioemotional
development. Which research design is the researcher using?
A.cross-sectional
B. interview
C. experiment
D. longitudinal - ANSWER D. longitudinal
1
, delivery of the placenta occurs during stage ____ of childbirth - ANSWER three
place the following prenatal events in order, from earliest to latest.
eyebrows form
responsive to light
swallowing is possible - ANSWER a. swallowing is possible
b. eyebrows form
c. responsive to light
All but one of the following are possible negative effects of a mother smoking during
pregnancy. which effect does not belong on the list?
A. miscarriage
B. preterm birth
C. low birth weight
D. infertility - ANSWER D. infertility
a/an ____ is an agent that causes a birth defect - ANSWER teratogen
T/F maternal age has nothing to do with birth defects in babies - ANSWER false
what is the major disadvantage of a correlational study? - ANSWER it cannot
determine causation
for the following scenario, identify whether the study's design is cross sectional or
longitudinal
teenagers in a study are interviewed regarding who are the most popular peers in a grade -
ANSWER cross-sectional
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