Which of the following is true about genetic influences on behavior?

A. People are clones of their parents and thus destined to exhibit the same behaviors as their parents.
B. A person's future behaviors can be entirely predicted based on the genes they had at birth.
C. Even hereditary behaviors show a good deal of diversity, even within families.
D. Behavioral genetics is popular because people take comfort in the idea that their behaviors are out of their conscious control.


Answer: C

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