Research That Has Explored the Personality of Adopted Children and Their

question 77

Multiple Choice

Research that has explored the personality of adopted children and their parents has shown

• A) almost no correlation between adoptive parents and their adopted children.
• B) correlations that are nearly equal for adoptive parents and the birth parents.
• C) correlations that are much stronger for adoptive parents than for birth parents.
• D) strong correlations only when the parents have an authoritarian parenting style.

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Definitions:

Correlational

Pertaining to a statistical relationship or connection between two or more variables.

Kinsey's Work

Refers to the research conducted by Alfred Kinsey and his colleagues on human sexual behavior, famously published in the "Kinsey Reports."

Moral Breakdown

A situation where individuals or society fail to uphold ethical values, often leading to chaos or conflict.

Random Sample

A portion of a larger group collected in an unbiased way.