AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BEHAVIOR GENETICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Trait
A
inherited behaviors
B
a characteristic a living thing gets during its lifetime
C
a characteristic a living thing gets from its parents
D
a way in which a living thing responds to its environment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Heredity is a process in which organisms acquire characteristics from their parents. These characteristics are called traits. Every individual is unique because they have a unique set of traits. The traits which are transmitted by the parent to its offspring during the process of fertilization are inherited traits.

Detailed explanation-2: -Parents pass on traits or characteristics, such as eye colour and blood type, to their children through their genes. Some health conditions and diseases can be passed on genetically too. Sometimes, one characteristic has many different forms.

Detailed explanation-3: -Each Organism’s Traits Are Inherited from a Parent through Transmission of DNA. Drosophila chromosome. Scientists first discovered chromosomes in the nineteenth century, when they were gazing at cells through light microscopes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plants inherit traits from their parent plants. Some common inherited characteristics are flower color, flower position, seed color, seed shape, seed pod shape, pod color, leaf pattern, and stem length.

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