One Problem with Attempting to Study the Effects of Nonshared

question 12

Multiple Choice

One problem with attempting to study the effects of nonshared family environment is that

• A)there are myriad environmental variables that affect personality, but each may have only a small effect.
• B)the nonshared environmental effects on each child in the family are too subtle to analyze with current methods.
• C)the effects of shared family environments interfere with clearly observing the effects of the nonshared family environments.
• D)the equal environments assumption is violated by variables attributable to nonshared family environment.

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