According to the Text, Why Should You Be Skeptical When

question 50

Multiple Choice

According to the text, why should you be skeptical when you read studies about parents and adolescents in biological families where the behavior of parents is claimed to be the cause of the characteristics of adolescents?

• A) Behavior may be caused by biology and not environment.
• B) Behavior may be caused by environment and not biology.
• C) Because the divorce rate is so high in the U.S., no conclusive findings could be drawn.
• D) There are few studies which investigate the differential treatment of mothers and fathers.

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