A Large Adoption Study Discussed in Your Textbook Found That

question 91

Multiple Choice

A large adoption study discussed in your textbook found that antisocial behavior in adopted males is:

• A) strongly related to their same-sex siblings' behavior.
• B) more closely related to the antisocial behaviors of their adoptive fathers than their biological fathers.
• C) more closely related to the antisocial behavior of their biological fathers than their adoptive fathers.
• D) mostly determined by the disciplinary environments in which they were raised.

---

Definitions:

Z-Score

A statistical measurement that describes a value's relationship to the mean of a group of values, measured in terms of standard deviations from the mean.

Sugar

A sweet-flavored substance, typically derived from sugarcane or sugar beets, used commonly as a sweetener in food and drinks.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure indicating the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.

Mean Weights

The average weight calculated by adding all the weights together and dividing by the number of weights.