Greg Was Certain That He Could Influence His Adopted Children

question 63

Multiple Choice

Greg was certain that he could influence his adopted children and cause them to grow up happy, intellectually curious, and outgoing. He was very surprised 20 years later to find that his three adopted children had completely different personalities. The likely reason for Greg's experience is that __________.

• A) family environment has a relatively weak effect on personality development
• B) adopted children disrupt the normal influence of family environment
• C) Greg is a poor parent for deliberately attempting to shape the personalities of his children
• D) environment does not influence personality development

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