To investigate the role of genetic factors in personality, researchers administered the MMPI to pairs of identical twins who had been reared apart and pairs of nonidentical twins who had been reared together. Imagine that these researchers found that the identical twins reared apart were more similar on a given trait than the nonidentical twins reared together. This would be evidence that:
a. genetics has a larger influence than the environment on the expression of that particular trait
b. the environment has a larger influence than genetics on the expression of that particular trait
c. genetics and the environment are equally influential on the expression of that particular trait
d. neither genetics nor the environment influences the expression of that particular trait
A
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a. They often do not mind if their daughters are playing with a "masculine" toy. b. They strongly encourage both sons and daughters toward "gender-appropriate" behavior. c. They are more worried about "gender-inappropriate" behavior in daughters than in sons. d. Mothers are more concerned than fathers about "gender-inappropriate" activities.
Scarr and McCartney proposed three ways in which genotypes might influence the environments children experience, producing reciprocal effects on development. Define and give an example of each type of genotype/environment correlation
What will be an ideal response?
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Parents' interactions with their school-age children
A) are primarily centered around establishing routines and controlling emotional outbursts. B) primarily consist of making and enforcing rules. C) begin to include negotiations about rules and routines. D) reverses so that more mature children can make up their own rules and parents can relax.