Alan's Math Skills Are Far Better Than Those of His

question 152

Multiple Choice

Alan's math skills are far better than those of his siblings. This provides evidence that _____.

• A) shared familial influences play a stronger role than was previously believed
• B) genes may have a stronger effect than familial environment on intellectual characteristics
• C) few environmental effects on personality come from outside the family
• D) Alan's own initiative to excel is greater than that of the rest of his family

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Definitions:

Modern Environment

The contemporary physical, social, economic, and political surroundings in which individuals or societies exist.

Laws Of Probability

The mathematical rules that describe the likelihood of certain events occurring, which govern random events and can predict the outcomes of complex systems.

Gambler's Fallacy

The false notion that if an event takes place more often than usual over a certain span, its occurrence will diminish in the future, or the contrary.

Availability Heuristic

A quick judgment method drawn from examples that surface quickly in one's thoughts when deliberating over a specific area, theory, approach, or verdict.