Describe the three ways in which behavioral geneticist Sandra Scar believes that heredity and environment are related.
What will be an ideal response?
Sandra Scarr's three correlations are: passive genotype-environment correlations, evocative genotype-environment correlations, and active (niche-picking) genotype-environment correlations. In the passive genotype-environment correlation, biological parents who are genetically related to the child, provide a rearing environment for the child. In the evocative genotype-environment correlation, an adolescent's genetically-shaped traits elicit environmental responses. They get what they need from the environment through this interaction. In the active genotype-environment correlation, adolescents seek out environments that are stimulating for them. They find settings that are best suited for their abilities.
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