According to Sandra Scarr's Description of the Three Ways That

question 21

Multiple Choice

According to Sandra Scarr's description of the three ways that heredity and environment can be correlated, passive genotype-environment correlations occur because

• A) biological parents provide a rearing environment for a child.
• B) children seek out environments that are stimulating.
• C) a child's genetically influenced characteristics elicit certain types of environments.
• D) certain genes evoke environmental support.

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