Research with adopted children
a. typically reveals that as adopted children get older, their IQ scores resemble their biological parents' scores more than their adopted parents' scores.
b. indicates that heredity has no impact on intelligence test scores.
c. usually finds that adopted children's IQ scores more closely resemble their adoptive parents' scores rather than their biological parents' scores.
d. shows that throughout childhood, adoptive parents and biological parents equally influence adopted children's IQ scores.
a
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