In Adoption Studies

question 20

Multiple Choice

In adoption studies

• A) the results may be biased because biological and adoptive parents may be similar.
• B) adoptive parents are assumed to provide genetic influence.
• C) biological parents are assumed to provide environmental influence.
• D) the greater similarity of adoptees to biological than to adoptive parents on a trait would indicate that the trait is influenced by the environment.

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Definitions:

Unmyelinated Axons

Nerve fibers that lack a myelin sheath, resulting in slower signal transmission compared to myelinated axons.

Cell Bodies

The central part of a neuron that contains the nucleus and most of the cytoplasm and is essential for processing and transmitting nerve signals.

Conduct Problems

Behavioral issues in children and adolescents that involve rule-breaking, aggression, defiance, and antisocial behaviors.

Discipline Techniques

Methods or strategies employed to teach and enforce acceptable patterns of behavior and deter unwanted ones.