In order to estimate trait heritability, researchers are most likely to make use of:

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1. In order to determine whether the strength of people’s self-esteem related to their income levels, researchers would most likely make use of:

   A. correlational research
   B. case studies
   C. experimentation
   D. a double-blind procedure

2. Which of the following is the best way to regard heritability estimates?

   A. as reliable but no necessary valid estimates
   B. as ballpark estimates of the influence of genetics
   C. as accurate estimates of the influence of genetics
   D. as relatively useless estimates of the influence of genetics

3. The heritability appears to be:

   A. virtually impossible to demonstrate
   B. very low
   C. in the range of 60%-70%
   D. irrelevant to the understanding of obesity

4. To estimate the degree of the relationship between birth order and achievement motivation a researcher would do a(n)___________study.

   A. naturalistic
   B. inventory
   C. correlational
   D. experimental

5. Researchers use experiments rather than other research methods in order to distinguish between:

   A. case studies and surveys
   B. random samples and representative samples
   C. facts and theories
   D. causes and effects

6. Researchers use experiments rather than other research method in order to distinguish between:

   A. case studies and surveys
   B. random samples representative samples
   C. facts and theories
   D. causes and effects

7. Who defined ‘culture trait’ as a repeatedly irreducible unit of learned behaviour pattern or material product there of?

   A. Clark Wissler
   B. K. Popper
   C. Frazer
   D. Hoebel

8. The trait of optimism is most closely related to a strong sense of:

   A. Conditional positive regard
   B. personal control
   C. gender identity
   D. reciprocal determinism

9. What do psychologists mean by the term trait-situation interaction?

   A. Situations change traits
   B. Situations create new traits
   C. Traits determine situations
   D. Situations affect how traits are exhibited

10. When a gene is______the trait it controls will be present every time the gene is present.

    A. recessive
    B. dominant
    C. polygenic
    D. sex-linked