Francis Galton Made a Significant Contribution to Psychology by Introducing

question 9

Multiple Choice

Francis Galton made a significant contribution to psychology by introducing methods for studying how heredity contributes to human behavior. Which alternative explanation was Galton overlooking when he argued that heredity accounts for these similarities?

• A) The primary importance of the nature side of the nature versus nurture debate
• B) The fact that people who share genes live together in families, so they tend to share environmental privileges or disadvantages
• C) A materialistic account of behavior
• D) The concept dualism, which states that the mind is separate from the body.

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