Your cousin Aman is a new father to identical twin daughters. He mentions that even at 4 weeks old he can already tell that one identical twin is left-handed while the other identical twin is right-handed. He mentions, though, that no one in his family or his wife's family is left-handed, so he is not sure how his one twin became left-handed. You explain to him that one twin might be left-handed and the other right-handed because __________ may influence handedness.

A. genetics
B. mimicry
C. observational learning
D. a fetus's experience in utero


Answer: D

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