Since birth, the human brain undergoes different changes throughout life, and psychology helps us understand how these changes talk. Do you think you have a good understanding of the human mind and how it works or the changes the body goes through during development? How about you see if you can answer all the life span developmental psychology questions in this trivia. Feel free to check out more quizzes like it!
Zygote
Reproductive cell
Embryo
Fetus
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An additive gene pattern
A dominant-recessive pattern
An on-off switching pattern
A differentiation pattern
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Chromosome 23
Chromosome 21
Chromosome 26
Chromosome 46
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Hemophilia
Phenylketonuria
Pyloric stenosis
Thalassemia
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Gene-gene interaction alone
Both gene-gene and gene-environment interaction
Gene-environment interaction alone
Poor parenting
Environment interaction alone
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Children and adults choose environments that are compatible with their genes and that genetic influences increase in adulthood
A child's genes are not affected by parenting style
Children raised in the same home have the same expressed traits
A child's genes affect physical and cognitive development, but not social or emotional development
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The zygote will become a person who is a musical genius
Nothing can prevent the development of a trait for musical genius
Additional genes and factors in the environment may result in the development of a trait for musical genius
Genotype equals phenotype
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A woman
A man
A colorblind man
A dizygotic twin
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Polygenic; multigenic
Polygenic; multifactorial
Genetic; environmental
Multifactorial; polygenic
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The age of the mother
A pregnant mother's drug use
Parent exposure to radiation
The age of the father
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Eating hot foods can alter the sex of an embryo
Eating cold foods can alter the sex of an embryo
Sleeping on one side can alter the sex of an embryo
No post-conception diet or action can alter the sex of an embryo
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Will also be nearsighted
Will not be nearsighted
Will have a 90% chance of being nearsighted
Will have a 90% chance of not being nearsighted
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4 amino acids; 2,500 genes
25,000 genes; 46 chromosomes
46 chromosomes; 20,000 genes
25,000 genes; 23 chromosomes
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The mother to have high blood pressure and toxemia
Under-weight and premature babies
The babies to have higher rates of early death, disease, and disabilities
All of the answers are correct
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Monitor her daughter's weight to make sure that she does not become obese
Provide opportunities for her daughter to have outdoor play activities
Prepare healthy balanced meals
All of the answers are correct
None are correct, Diabetes is genetic
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An X chromosome
A Y chromosome
26 chromosomes
46 chromosomes
3 sex chromosomes
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22
66
33
88
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Inherited biochemistry does not make people vulnerable to various addictions
Inherited genes express a person's behavior
Without genes, no behavior could exist and without environment, no gene could be expressed
None of these statements are true
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Individuals with achondroplastic dwarfism
Couples who want to know the sex of their fetus
Couples who want to produce twins
Women older than 34 and men older than 39
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Five bases
Five amino acids
Four bases
Four amino acids
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Men are the only carriers for genetic abnormalities
Women over the age of 35 produce abnormal ovum and are at risk of having unhealthy babies
Everyone is a carrier for genetic abnormalities, but usually these conditions are recessive
None of the statements are true
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They are not monozgotic twins, but rather dizygotic twins
The effects of nature and nurture are exactly the same for monozygotic twins
There is not an explanation for these differences
Something in one of the boy's environment affected his genes differently than his brother
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Alleles on the Y chromosome are always recessive to other alleles
Sex-linked disorders are always expressed
Males are more prone to genetic disorders
The X-linked allele is not paired with any allele on the Y chromosome
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DNA
Genotype
Gamete
Genome
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