Researchers Interested in Human Heritability Get Most of Their Evidence

question 70

Multiple Choice

Researchers interested in human heritability get most of their evidence from what?​

• A)Twins and adopted children
• B)​Adopted children and differences among cultures
• C)​Differences among cultures and differences among generations
• D)​Differences among generations and twins

Examine the role of cultural differences in attributions, attitudes, and biases.

Differentiate between internal (personal) and external (situational) attributions and their application to self and others.

Understand the concepts of blaming the victim and diffusion of responsibility.

Recognize the impact of reporting styles across cultures on the perception of events.

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Definitions:

Adhesion

The property of sticking to some other substance. Compare with cohesion.

Capillary Action

The ability of water to move in small-diameter tubes as a consequence of its cohesive and adhesive properties.

Surface Tension

The attraction that the molecules at the surface of a liquid may have for one another.

Osmosis

The net movement of water (the principal solvent in biological systems) by diffusion through a selectively permeable membrane from a region of higher concentration of water (a hypotonic solution) to a region of lower concentration of water (a hypertonic solution).