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Given What We Know About the Effects of Genes and the Environment

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Given what we know about the effects of genes and the environment, which of the following pairs of children would be expected to be most similar in terms of overall personality, psychological disorders, and intelligence?


Definitions:

Nucleus Accumbens

A region in the brain involved in the reward circuit, associated with pleasure, addiction, and fear reactions.

Hippocampus

A region of the brain associated with memory formation, organization, and storage.

Amygdala

A structure in the brain involved in emotion regulation, especially emotions related to survival such as fear and aggression.

Pons

A part of the brainstem that plays a key role in controlling breathing, communication between different parts of the brain, and sensations such as hearing, taste, and balance.

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