Adoptee Studies Describe Efforts to

question 131

Multiple Choice

Adoptee studies describe efforts to

• A)examine similarities between adopted children and non-adopted children.
• B)examine similarities between adopted children and their biological or adoptive parents.
• C)measure the genetic similarity between adopted children.
• D)assess the extent to which adopted children share similar characteristics as non-adopted children raised in the same household.
• E)examine similarities between adopted children and the general population.

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Definitions:

Reinforcer

Any stimulus that strengthens or increases the probability of a specific response or behavior.

Consolidation

The process of stabilizing a memory trace after the initial acquisition, making it more resistant to disruptions.

Mental Process

The internal, covert activities of the mind, such as thinking, reasoning, and remembering.

Classical Conditioning

is a learning process where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus, producing a similar response, originally identified by Ivan Pavlov.