What Would a 'Biological Determinist' Say Makes Individuals Like Venus

question 6

Multiple Choice

What would a 'biological determinist' say makes individuals like Venus and Serena Williams, Ludwig van Beethoven and Albert Einstein such stars?

• A) accumulated hours of deliberate practice
• B) their inborn, biologically given gifts
• C) cultural conditions
• D) the repetitive nature of their drills
• E) luck

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Definitions:

Hormone

Substance secreted by endocrine tissues into the blood that acts on a target tissue to produce a specific response.

Follicles

Structures within the ovaries that contain a developing egg and produce hormones, or small sacs in the skin from which hair grows.

FSH

Follicle-stimulating hormone, a gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland responsible for maturation of ovarian follicles and sperm production.

Progesterone

A female sex hormone critical for the regulation of ovulation and menstruation as well as supporting pregnancy.