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A researcher wants to know if intelligence is based more prominently on factors of family environment or on heredity.Her research focuses on identical twins who are raised together in the same home and those who were separated at birth and raised in different homes by different parents.According to the textbook,this researcher is conducting a(n) ____ study.


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Varying Amounts

Different quantities or measures of something without a fixed or exact number.

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which conditioned responses are triggered by stimuli that are similar, but not identical to, the original conditioned stimulus used during learning.

Discrimination

The act of treating people unequally based on characteristics such as race, age, or sex, resulting in prejudice.

Response Generalization

The process by which a behavior, once learned in response to a specific stimulus, extends to similar stimuli not directly associated with the initial learning.

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