8. Give an example each of evocative and active genetic/environment forces and how they have shaped the person you are. Then give an example of either an optimum or poor person-environment fit that you have experienced this semester.


9. Anthony, age 8 months, and his father are driving to the park when a heavy pipe falls off a passing truck and crushes the roof of their car. Both of them sustain serious injuries to the language areas of their brain. What predictions can be made about their future functioning, and why?

10. List three normative and three non- normative influences in your life.

11. Xenia carries the gene for hemophilia and asks a doctor for information about her risks should she decide to have children. What should the doctor let Xenia know

12. Explain Piaget's concepts of assimilation and accommodation, and give a concrete example of those processes.

13. List the four attachment patterns identified in the text, give examples of each, and then name the attachment style that BEST predicts having long- term personality problems.