A group of researchers investigated the similarity in personality assessed by the "Big Five" traits in people in Germany and Poland. Which of these would make for the best title for their report?
a) "Hereditary Influences the Big Five"
b) "Big Five Traits: Why the Environment is Primary"
c) "Traits are Figments of the Imagination and Unrelated to Genetics"
d) "Why Hereditary and Environmental Influences Cannot be Separated"
A
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