Heritability Refers to

question 110

Multiple Choice

Heritability refers to

• A) how much of a trait is influenced by genetic factors for a specific individual.
• B) the proportion of the differences in a trait among a group of people that is due to genetic differences among these people.
• C) the percentage of pairs of people where, if one person in the pair has the trait in question, the other person in the pair also has the trait in question.
• D) the degree to which one trait increases with increases in another trait.

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Definitions:

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Beck's Cognitive Therapy

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Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach founded by Sigmund Freud that aims to explore unconscious motivations and conflicts thought to influence behavior through techniques such as free association and dream analysis.

Counterconditioning

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