Author Question: Watching aggressive media causes aggressive behavior in children. Indicate whether the statement ... (Read 249 times)

DelorasTo · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Watching aggressive media causes aggressive behavior in children.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

A friend has asked you to describe the difference between genotype and phenotype. Based upon the material in Chapter Two of the textbook, how would you describe the difference?

What will be an ideal response?

bfulkerson77 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

F

Answer to Question 2

Genotype refers to the genetic material that is received from one's parents. Characteristics such as blood type and eye color, for example, are determined by our genotype. Genotype determines a range in which we might develop. It might, for example, determine how intelligent we could become. But genotype alone does not determine who or what we become. Our phenotype refers to how our characteristics are expressed. Someone might, for example, have the potential to grow quite tall. But the environment and other forces, such as nutrition, may influence how much of that genotype potential for height is realized. Phenotypes, then, are the product of both genetic and environmental influences.