Assume That Personality Researchers Have Isolated a New Trait They

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Multiple Choice

Assume that personality researchers have isolated a new trait they called "prajna." What would it indicate if these researchers report that fraternal twins reared together are more similar in this trait than identical twins reared apart?

• A)Neither genetics nor environment influences the expression of prajna.
• B)Genetics has a larger influence than environment in the expression of prajna.
• C)Environment has a larger influence than genetics in the expression of prajna.
• D)Genetics and environment exert equivalent influences in the expression of prajna.

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