If Researchers Want to Investigate Whether a Personality Characteristic Is

question 148

Multiple Choice

If researchers want to investigate whether a personality characteristic is inherited,they can do this by:

• A)comparing monozygotic twins to dizygotic twins.
• B)comparing adopted children to their adoptive and birth families.
• C)Neither a nor b can help researchers discover if a personality characteristic is inherited.
• D)Both a and b can help researchers discover if a personality characteristic is inherited.

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Ethnic Category

A classification of people based on common cultural, ancestral, or social traits distinguishing them from other groups.

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Judgments

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