According to Studies of the Influence of Heredity and Environment

question 456

Multiple Choice

According to studies of the influence of heredity and environment on personality traits, heredity appears to be responsible for what percent of the variation in many personality traits?

• A) less than 10 percent
• B) about 25 to 55 percent
• C) about 75 percent
• D) at least 90 percent

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Definitions:

Cultural Display Rules

Socially learned norms and regulations that dictate how emotions should be expressed based on cultural context.

Affect-as-information Theory

The theory suggesting that individuals rely on their current emotions and feelings as valuable information to guide their judgments and decisions.

Facial Expressions

The movements of the muscles beneath the skin of the face, conveying emotions, intentions, or social information.

Biologically Built In

Traits or characteristics that are genetically inherited and inherent in an organism from birth.