Urie Bronfenbrenner visualized the ecological perspective as
A) a series of linked behaviors.
B) a set of nested dolls.
C) genetically driven.
D) a pyramid of needs.
Question 2The ecological perspective in developmental psychology was pioneered by
A) Urie Bronfenbrenner.
B) John B. Watson.
C) Charles Darwin.
D) Sir Francis Galton.
Question 3Which of the following is true about mutations?
A) They are generally adaptive.
B) They are generally maladaptive.
C) They may be either adaptive or maladaptive.
D) They do not affect gene expression.
Question 4An error in copying a particular protein in a gene is called
A) meiotic.
B) a mutation.
C) mitotic.
D) unregulated.
Question 5Gary is a gene. His job is to turn off the genes that control growth in height at the end of puberty. That means Gary is a
A) dominant gene.
B) recessive gene.
C) deterministic gene.
D) regulator gene.
Question 6Genes that turn other genes on or off at different points in the life cycle are called
A) regulator genes.
B) dominant genes.
C) recessive genes.
D) mitotic genes.
Question 7A dominant gene, such as the gene for brown eyes, will
A) always be dominant.
B) sometimes be recessive.
C) sometimes be additive.
D) sometimes be regulatory.
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