Adoption Studies Show That the Personalities of Adopted Children

question 72

Multiple Choice

Adoption studies show that the personalities of adopted children

• A)closely match those of their adoptive parents.
• B)bear more similarities to their biological parents than to their adoptive parents.
• C)closely match those of the biological children of their adoptive parents.
• D)closely match those of other children reared in the same home,whether or not they are biologically related.

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Housing Bubble

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