What Does It Mean to Say That the Heritability of a Trait

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Multiple Choice

What does it mean to say that the heritability of a trait is 70 percent

• A) Thirty percent of a person's expression of that trait is due to environmental factors. 
• B) Seventy percent of a person's expression of that trait is due to heredity. 
• C) Seventy percent of the variability of that trait in a group is accounted for by genetic variation. 
• D) The correlation between identical twins should be approximately +0.70 for that trait.

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Definitions:

Data-Gathering Process

The systematic procedure of collecting, measuring, and analyzing accurate data for research or assessment purposes.

Conclusions Drawn

Inferences or judgments made after considering all the available evidence and arguments.

Conceptualizing Balance

The process of creating a harmonious or balanced framework for understanding or analyzing a concept or phenomenon.

Stable Constructs

Psychological attributes or traits that are consistent and enduring over time, showing little variation across situations or in response to interventions.