Scarr and McCartney Propose That the Rearing Environment That Biological

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Multiple Choice

Scarr and McCartney propose that the rearing environment that biological parents provide is influenced to some extent by their genes and is therefore correlated with the child's genotype. They called this type of influence a(n) :

• A) evocative genotype/environment correlation
• B) active genotype/environment correlation
• C) passive genotype/environment correlation
• D) niche-picking genotype/environment correlation

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