Which of the Following Statements About Behavioral Genetics Is True

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about behavioral genetics is true?

• A) Genetic markers explain nearly all of the variation in human behavior.
• B) Scientists have determined that heredity plays a larger role than the environment in human development.
• C) A growing number of researchers regard the question of how much heredity and environment contribute to differences among people as unanswerable.
• D) Researchers use heritability estimates to infer the role of the environment in complex human characteristics.

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