PSYC 204 Midterm: Mcgill - psyc 204 midterm review

31. The heritability of a trait is an estimate of a. the percentage of individuals within a population that has the trait. b. the extent that individual differences in the trait are influenced by genetics c. why the trait was adaptive. d. how likely a child will inherit a trait from his or her parents.

19. Evolutionary psychologists would explain that a trait is adaptive if a. there is no variability in that trait. b. it is more common within a species. c, it helped a specific individual within a population to survive. d. it helped a species survive and thrive in its natural history.