Identical Twins Have IQ Correlations Around 0

question 113

Multiple Choice

Identical twins have IQ correlations around 0.7,whereas fraternal twins have IQ correlations of about 0.3.What do these correlations suggest?

• A)Identical twins have very similar IQs while fraternal twins do not.
• B)Neither identical twins nor fraternal twins have very similar IQs.
• C)Fraternal twins have very similar IQs while identical twins do not.
• D)Both identical twins and fraternal twins have similar IQs.

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