Evocative Gene-Environment Correlation Occurs

question 42

Multiple Choice

Evocative gene-environment correlation occurs

• A) When a person with certain inherited characteristics reacts to their environment in a certain way.
• B) When a person with certain inherited characteristics actively selects certain environments.
• C) When a person's heritable behaviours elicit a certain environmental response.
• D) When the environment changes one's underlying genes.
• E) When a person with certain heritable characteristics passes on those characteristics to their offspring.

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Definitions:

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.

Poisson Approximation

A statistical technique used to approximate the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time.

Probability

A statistical measure that quantifies the likelihood of an event occurring, ranging from 0 (impossible) to 1 (certain).

Normal Model

A normal model is a statistical distribution that is symmetric, bell-shaped, and describes how different variables are distributed, assuming that most occurrences take place around the mean.