Adoption Studies Provide a Rich Setting for Discriminating Between the Contributions

question 58

Multiple Choice

Adoption studies provide a rich setting for discriminating between the contributions of genetics and environment on behaviour. In such a study, which of the following would indicate an environmental influence on behaviour?

• A) An adoptive parent selects a child to adopt who is similar in temperament.
• B) An adopted child is more similar in behaviour to a biological parent than to an adoptive parent.
• C) The adopted child and the adoptive parent are similar in a behavioural trait.
• D) An adoptee in a selective placement is similar in behaviour to the adoptive parent.

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Definitions:

"you"

is a pronoun used to address or refer to the person or people being spoken or written to.

Contact Comfort

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Physical Contact

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Pleasure

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