In adoption studies, the phenomenon of selective placement means that
A) children are permitted to select their adoptive parents.
B) children may be placed with adoptive parents that are similar to the biological parents.
C) the biological parents are permitted to select the adoptive parents.
D) children are randomly matched to adoptive parents.
B) children may be placed with adoptive parents that are similar to the biological parents. Adoption agencies may tend to place a child with an adoptive family that is similar in important ways to the child's biological family.
2.1-144.________ is the assumption in twin studies that the environment for identical twins is the same as nonidentical twins.
A) Heritability
B) Probabilistic epigenesis
C) Selective placement
D) Equal environments
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