exam question

1. Which scientist used the word survival of the fittest to characterize the principle of natural
selection?
a. Darwin
b. Galton
c. Mendel
d. Einstein’
2. What occurs when individuals select the environment that matches their genetic
predisposition?
a. Passive genotype-environment correlation
b. Active genotype-environment correlation
c. Evocative genotype-environment correlation
d. Evopassive genotype-environment correlation
3. What are endophenotypes?
a. Internal phenotypes
b. Phenotypes are determined by genes
c. Phenotype determined by environment
d. Intermediate phenotypes.
4. What level of cognitive impairment is someone with an IQ score of 35-50 in?
a. Mild
b. Moderate
c. Serious
d. In-depth
5. Approximately how much of the total variance can be explained by shared environmental
influences?
a. 15%
b. 33%
c. 50%
d. 75%
6. What is true about aging?
a. Fluid abilities increase
b. Crystalize abilities increase
c. Fluid abilities are more heritable than crystallized abilities
d. Genetic and environmental influences on the stability of fluid and crystalized abilities
may vary
7. What is not investigated using quantitative genetics?
a. Cognitive impairment
b. Psychopathology
c. Substance abuse
d. Motor skills