A Researcher Wants to Discover Whether a Particular Behavior Is

question 67

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to discover whether a particular behavior is caused by genetic background or by environmental factors.This can be complicated by the ________,the fact that environmental experience is itself affected by genetic background.

• A)gene-environment correlation
• B)nature-nurture concordance
• C)evolutionary adaptation
• D)genetic behavioral concordance

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Published Studies

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Statistical Procedures

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