Marcus, a cooperative, attentive child, receives more patient and sensitive interactions from his parents than they give to Erica, his distractible, inattentive sister. This is an example of a(n) __________ gene–environment correlation

A) passive
B) evocative
C) active
D) dynamic


Answer: B

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