AP PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 1A EXAM WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Psychology correct answers >> The science of behavior and
mental processes
Nature-nuture issue correct answers >> The long-standing
controversy over the relative contributions that genes and
experience make to the development of psychological traits and
behaviors.
All things psychological are... correct answers >>
Simultaneously biological
Natural Selection correct answers >> Darwin's principle that
the inherited traits enabling an organism to best survive and
reproduce in a particular environment will (in competition with
other trait variations) most likely be passed on to succeeding
generations.
Evolutionary Perspective correct answers >> Proposes that
our behavior and mental processes have evolved to provide us
with some form of adaptive advantage
Behavior geneticists correct answers >> Focus on how genes
(heredity) and the environment contribute to differences in
behavior and mental processes
, Heredity correct answers >> connected to traits from your
biological parents (like height, illnesses, personality, intelligence)
Environmental influence correct answers >> are external:
like parenting styles, socioeconomic class, community cultural
practices, education, and even prenatal nutrition
Genes correct answers >> the biochemical units of heredity
Genome correct answers >> The complete instructions for
making an organism
Identical Twins correct answers >> result from a zygote
splitting in two, creating two genetic copies with some small
variations
Fraternal Twins correct answers >> no more genetically
related than other siblings, but share a prenatal environment and
often a common upbringing
Interaction correct answers >> The interplay that occurs
when the effect of one factor (such as the environment) depends
on another factor (like heredity)
Epigenetics correct answers >> "above" or "in addition to"
(epi) genetics; the study of the molecular mechanisms by which
environments can influence genetic expression (without a DNA
change)
100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Psychology correct answers >> The science of behavior and
mental processes
Nature-nuture issue correct answers >> The long-standing
controversy over the relative contributions that genes and
experience make to the development of psychological traits and
behaviors.
All things psychological are... correct answers >>
Simultaneously biological
Natural Selection correct answers >> Darwin's principle that
the inherited traits enabling an organism to best survive and
reproduce in a particular environment will (in competition with
other trait variations) most likely be passed on to succeeding
generations.
Evolutionary Perspective correct answers >> Proposes that
our behavior and mental processes have evolved to provide us
with some form of adaptive advantage
Behavior geneticists correct answers >> Focus on how genes
(heredity) and the environment contribute to differences in
behavior and mental processes
, Heredity correct answers >> connected to traits from your
biological parents (like height, illnesses, personality, intelligence)
Environmental influence correct answers >> are external:
like parenting styles, socioeconomic class, community cultural
practices, education, and even prenatal nutrition
Genes correct answers >> the biochemical units of heredity
Genome correct answers >> The complete instructions for
making an organism
Identical Twins correct answers >> result from a zygote
splitting in two, creating two genetic copies with some small
variations
Fraternal Twins correct answers >> no more genetically
related than other siblings, but share a prenatal environment and
often a common upbringing
Interaction correct answers >> The interplay that occurs
when the effect of one factor (such as the environment) depends
on another factor (like heredity)
Epigenetics correct answers >> "above" or "in addition to"
(epi) genetics; the study of the molecular mechanisms by which
environments can influence genetic expression (without a DNA
change)
