Which of the Following Statements Best Summarizes the Findings of Margaret

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best summarizes the findings of Margaret Mead concerning the nature versus nurture debate?

• A)The experiences of adolescents varied depending on culture,but all societies recognize that women are better nurturers of children than men.
• B)Gendered divisions of labour are the result of culture,and teenage girls in Samoan society were not following the same ideas of sexual morality found in the United States.
• C)Gender roles and responsibilities are determined by biology for all societies but both men and women can be good nurturers of children.
• D)Teen rebellion against parents is surprisingly universal throughout the world,but societies have very different ideas of what is,and is not,appropriate for men and women to do.

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Definitions:

Monozygotic Twins

Twins that develop from a single fertilized egg and are genetically identical.

Dizygotic Twins

Also known as fraternal twins, these are two siblings born at the same time who have developed from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm cells.

Homozygous

Describes an organism with two identical alleles for a particular trait or gene.

Heterozygous

Possessing two different alleles of a gene, one inherited from each parent, resulting in variation of a genetic trait.