Nature vs Nurture 1. Heredity is the transmission of genetic traits from parents to their offspring. t/f

True

2. Which of the following best explains how music influences behavior?

B. Music can not be blamed for violent behavior

3. If having dimples is dominant (D) and not having dimples is recessive (d) which of the following is correctly describes the phenotypes in the table?

C. three of the offsprings have dimples and one does not have dimples

4. If the ability to roll one’s tongue is dominant (R) and the inability to roll one’s tongue is recessive (r), what would the genotype be for someone who can not roll their tongue?

D. rr

5. The majority of human traits are polygenic, which means they are _.

C. influenced by multiple genes.

6. The Human Genome Project was an international project aimed at mapping and sequencing all of the genes in human DNA. t/f

True

7. Susan has made some friends at her new high school who offer her cigarettes during their lunch break. She does not want to smoke but does so in order to fit in.

Susan is most likely being influenced by _.

B. peer pressure

8. Developmental psychology is the field that primarily studies how humans grow and develop. t/f

True

9. Which theorist conducted an experiment in which a rat was conditioned to press a bar in order to receive a reward, illustrating how nurture influences behavior?

D. B. F. Skinner

10. Researchers use all of the following to study the impact of heredity on behavior except _ studies.

B. peer