PSY 233 Chapter#3 Quiz – Flashcards

Eyeballs change shape at typical stages of development, including puberty and middle adulthood. This makes it more likely that nearsightedness will increase at puberty, and _____ will decrease during middle adulthood.

Which female is more likely to naturally conceive dizygotic twins?

One of the surprising findings from the Human Genome Project was that _____.

The cognitive deficits caused by the genetic condition known as _____ are the most common form of inherited mental retardation.

In 22 of the 23 pairs of chromosomes, both members of the pair are closely matched. Each of these 44 chromosomes is called a(n) _____.

After about the eight-cell stage within the zygote, cells start to _____, meaning that they take different forms and reproduce at various rates depending on where they are located.

When the effects of genes add up to make the phenotype, they are called _____ genes.

Which female is more likely to conceive dizygotic twins?

_____ is when genes have different effects depending on whether they come from the mother or the father.

A fatal central nervous system disorder caused by a copy number variation in which more than 35 repetitions of a particular set of three base pairs are present is _____.