Question 1

What is the heritability coefficient? Explain how it is calculated and what information heritability statistics provide to researchers.

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Question 2

What is the value of psychology in explaining behavior in light of biological sciences? In other words,what exactly does it mean when we say that inheritance is the beginning,not the end?

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Question 3

What are some of the main objections to evolutionary theory as it is applied to psychology? How do evolutionary psychologists respond to these criticisms?

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Question 4

What is the basic premise of evolutionary theory as it is applied to psychology? How could an evolutionary approach be used to understand something such as sibling conflict?

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Question 5

How can the study of gene-environment interactions explain some enduring puzzles in psychology? Provide specific examples of gene-environment interactions described in the book and explain why these findings are potentially important.

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Question 6

What do men and women want from potential mates according to evolutionary theory? Where are there similarities and where are there differences? How does this lead to specific gender differences in mate preferences and reactions to particular kinds of infidelity?

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Quiz 9: The Inheritance of Personality: Behavioral Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology