What Best Describes the Relative Contributions of Biology and Environment

question 16

Multiple Choice

What best describes the relative contributions of biology and environment to cognitive ability according to Diane Halpern's biopsychosocial model?

• A) Biological factors cause people select certain experiences and environments that affect cognitive ability.
• B) Differences in biological structures related to cognitive abilities are caused one's learning experiences.
• C) Biological and environmental factors both affect cognitive abilities separately and independent of one another.
• D) Biology and environment both cause changes in one another, mutually shaping each other to produce changes in cognitive abilities.

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