How Might a Behavior Geneticist Explain the Statistically Significant Finding

question 45

Multiple Choice

How might a behavior geneticist explain the statistically significant finding that television watching is heritable?

• A) There is an active gene that causes individuals to watch TV.
• B) There are related heritable propensities, such as sensation seeking or lethargy that might lead one to watch TV more often.
• C) Individuals form TV watching habits if they grow up with parents who often watch TV.
• D) Parents encourage their children to watch TV because of its inherit tendency to keep them well-informed about the world around them, which helps secure their reproductive success.

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