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Consider the following pedigree:   The trait being followed in this pedigree shows dominant inheritance. Let’s call the two alleles controlling this trait B and b. What is the genotype of the male marked with a 1? [Bb] What is the genotype of the female marked with a 2? [bb] The male marked with a 1 and the female marked with a 2 have a daughter marked with a 3. Does she have the trait? [yes] If this couple (1 and 2) wants to have another child (?), what is the probability that this child will NOT inherit the disease?[half]

A diploid cell from a woman is shown below. Will this woman be healthy? [yes] Does she have a chromosomal abnormality? [Robertsonian] If this woman gets pregnant, is she at increased risk of miscarriage? [yes2] If this woman gets pregnant, is she at increased risk of having a baby with Down Syndrome? [yes3] Can this woman have a child with normal chromosomes? [yes4]  

Lesson 6: In the Paul Zak Ted Talk he discusses what “inhibits” (or decreases) oxytocin. What are some of the things he mentions?

Lesson 6:  In the article Whose Life Would You Save? the research of Joshua Green is explained. Greene would agree with this statement: many of the world great conflicts are not rooted in neuronal differences but in cultural ones.  

Lesson 6:  What kinds of topics would we cover in the “ethics of neuroscience?”

Lesson 6: What does the Trolley Dilemma show us about human morality?

Lesson 5: In the Jonathan Haidt Ted Talk in lesson 5, he entertains that the “staircase” may be an evolutionary adaptation.

Lesson 6: What are the significance of mirror neurons?

Lesson 5: In the Lesson 5 film called Where do Morals Come From?, Alex, the narrator, flatly rejects the idea of Singer’s expanding Moral Circle.

Lesson 6: In the article Whose Life Would You Save? the research of Joshua Greene is discussed. Which statement fits best with the article?