You are taking a test that seems to be getting at how easily you feel people can be manipulated. You are likely taking the
a. MMPI.
b. Machiavellianism Scale.
c. California Manipulate Test.
d. Likert Scale.
Question 2To date, interactions between genes and environment have been found to account for all of the following EXCEPT
a. religious upbringing lessening the impulsiveness of high sensation seekers.
b. parental bonding and family functioning decreasing emotional instability.
c. close family ties increasing the level of empathy in potential psychopaths.
d. the DRD2 gene and stress increasing the chance of alcoholism.
Question 3Anxiety, a risk factor for depression, involves a certain region of the _____________ transporter gene.
a. dopamine
b. serotonin
c. GABA
d. glucose
Question 4The conclusion of the Russian study of the interaction between genotype and environment suggested that boys exposed to maternal rejection who also carried a specific variation of the DAT1 gene were more likely to be depressed after their experience. The conclusion the textbook draws from this research is that
a. a variant of the DAT1 gene is the cause of depression.
b. depression is a genetic disorder.
c. maternal rejection is one of the causes of depression.
d. prolonged exposure to dopamine may lead to depression.
Question 5Research has shown that people who are socially isolated are vulnerable to a host of cardiovascular and infectious diseases due to increased levels of the stress hormone cortisol. A recent study, summarized in the textbook, provides evidence that this is effected by differences in
a. the genomes of individuals who are high in cortisol levels.
b. diet that encourages the production of cortisol.
c. gene expression.
d. Mendelian inheritance.
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