Behavior Geneticists Are Most Likely to Use Twin and Adoption

question 163

Multiple Choice

Behavior geneticists are most likely to use twin and adoption studies to assess

• A) gender schemas.
• B) trait heritability.
• C) reproductive capacity.
• D) brain maturation.

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Definitions:

Intervening Variables

Factors within a study that mediate the relationship between the independent and dependent variables, potentially influencing the outcome.

UCS

Unconditioned Stimulus, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a physiological reflex or emotional response without prior learning.

UCR

Unconditioned response, a natural and automatic reaction to an unconditioned stimulus without prior learning or conditioning.

CS

Short for Conditioned Stimulus, it is a term used in classical conditioning to denote a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually triggers a conditioned response.