If You Are Chatting with Someone at a Party Who

question 177

Multiple Choice

If you are chatting with someone at a party who tells you they are a behavior geneticist, which of the following topics would they be most likely to study?

• A)How neurology shapes social interactions.
• B)How social interactions shape the development of a person.
• C)How neurology shapes the development of a person.
• D)The ways in which favourable or unfavourable environmental conditions can affect the genetically inherited potential of an organism.
• E)The ways in which favourable or unfavourable environmental conditions can alter the social dynamics of a society.

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