What Would a Researcher Need to Know to Estimate the Influence

question 34

Multiple Choice

What would a researcher need to know to estimate the influence of shared environmental influences on a particular trait or characteristic?

• A)both the heritability correlation and the variation in the trait due to nonshared environmental influences
• B)both the correlation between identical twins reared together and the correlation between identical twins reared apart
• C)only the variation in the trait due to nonshared environmental influences
• D)only the correlation between identical twins reared together

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