Heritability Estimates

question 92

Multiple Choice

Heritability estimates

• A) give precise information on how personality traits develop.
• B) are likely to diminish the role of heredity because the environments of twin pairs are less diverse.
• C) tell researchers how environment can modify genetic influences.
• D) are controversial measures because they can easily be misapplied.

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Definitions:

Behavior

The actions or reactions of an organism or a system in response to external or internal stimuli.

Functionally Autonomous

A term by psychologist Gordon Allport referring to motives or behaviors that continue independently even after the original reasons for them have changed.

Reflexes

Involuntary and automatic responses of the body to certain stimuli, serving as basic survival mechanisms.

Fixations

Persistent focuses or attachments to behaviors, concepts, or stages of development that were significant in early childhood, possibly leading to psychological issues.