The Difficulty of Establishing Clear Links Between Genes and Behavior

question 4

Multiple Choice

The difficulty of establishing clear links between genes and behavior has led to the recognition that culture is not part of our DNA. What are we born with that allows us to create culture?

• A) the ability to reshape our genetic self to match our surroundings
• B) an innate language and tool-making skills that transcend biology
• C) the ability to learn any culture we are born or move into
• D) an ability to change according to biological and environmental conditions

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Definitions:

Mendel

Gregor Mendel, a 19th-century scientist and Augustinian monk known as the father of genetics for his work on the inheritance of traits in pea plants which established the laws of Mendelian inheritance.

Classificatory System

An organized method for categorizing and grouping entities based on common characteristics or relationships.

Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus was an 18th-century Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist who laid the foundations for the modern biological naming scheme of binomial nomenclature.

Natural Selection

A key mechanism of evolution, where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.