A Trait Is Heritable If

question 93

Multiple Choice

A trait is heritable if

• A)adoptive parents and the children they have adopted have similar levels of a characteristic.
• B)the biological parents of children they placed for adoption have similar levels of a characteristic.
• C)adoptive parents and biological parents of a child have similar levels of a characteristic.
• D)the children that have been adopted have levels of a characteristic that are similar to those of the other siblings in the home.

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Definitions:

Depersonalization Disorder

A mental disorder characterized by persistent or recurrent feelings of detachment from one's own body or mental processes, as if one is an outside observer of their own life.

Adolescents

Individuals in the transitional stage of development between childhood and adulthood, typically characterized by major physical, psychological, and social changes.

Adrenal Cortex

The outer layer of the adrenal glands, responsible for producing essential hormones like cortisol, which regulates metabolism and stress response.

Adrenocorticotropic Hormones

Peptide hormones produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulate the production of cortisol by the adrenal glands.