Twins Studies

question 5

Multiple Choice

Twins studies:

• A) emerged to disentangle the effects of biology and environment.
• B) indicated that identical (or MZ) twins are three times as likely to commit crime as fraternal (or DZ) twins.
• C) were undertaken to address shortcomings of adoption studies.
• D) all of the above.
• E) none of the above.

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