Separating the Effects of Hormonal from Social Influences in Development

question 60

Multiple Choice

Separating the effects of hormonal from social influences in development is

• A) important for both biologists and psychologists.
• B) now possible due to the development of hormone assay technology.
• C) easy because the causal influences flow in one direction, going from hormones to physiology to behavior.
• D) impossible because behavior affects physiology as well as being influenced by physiology.

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