The Concept of Nonshared Environmental Influences Means That

question 36

Multiple Choice

The concept of nonshared environmental influences means that

• A)parents provide the same environment for all of their children.
• B)siblings will be very similar to each other because they shared the same home environment.
• C)children's genes do not influence their experiences.
• D)parents may have higher expectations for school achievement for one child than another.

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Definitions:

Encoding-Specificity Principle

A principle stating that the effectiveness of memory retrieval is directly related to the similarity of the cues present at encoding and at retrieval.

Associative Concepts

Mental connections between ideas or concepts, where the understanding or recollection of one leads to the recollection of another.

Hypnotic Trance

A state of deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility achieved through hypnosis, allowing for exploration of the subconscious mind.

Interference

The process by which the storage or retrieval of information is impaired by the presence of other similar information.