With Regard to the Interaction Between Genes and Experience

question 70

Multiple Choice

With regard to the interaction between genes and experience:

• A)genes can affect the experiences we have,but experience cannot affect genes.
• B)experience can affect genes,but genes cannot affect experience.
• C)both genes and experience can affect each other.
• D)the effects of genes and experience are independent.

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Definitions:

Communication Mechanism

The means or process through which information is transmitted and received among entities or individuals.

Genetic Imprinting

An occurrence in genetics where the expression of certain genes depends on whether they come from the mother or the father.

Dominance Hierarchy

A linear “pecking order” into which animals in a population may organize according to status; regulates aggressive behavior within the population.

Sexual Selection

A mode of natural selection where members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with, and compete with members of the same sex for access to members of the opposite sex.