Adoption Studies Are an Important Tool of Behavioural Genetics Because

question 66

Multiple Choice

Adoption studies are an important tool of behavioural genetics because they:

• A) allow us to examine the effects of nonrelated mothering
• B) allow us to look at the contributions of environment and genetics on behaviour
• C) are so rare
• D) show that environment overwhelms the effect of genes

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