__________ proposed that certain people have a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia that receives behavioral expression only if they are reared in stressful environments.

A. Gregory Bateson
B. Paul Meehl
C. Theodore Ayllon
D. Harriet Lefley


Answer: B

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