According to behavior geneticists Robert Plomin and Denise Daniels, which of the following is true of the influence of peer-transmitted culture among children?
A. Two children in the same family are as different from one another as are pairs of children selected randomly from the population.
B. Genetic influences on individuals explain roughly 90% of individual variations in personality traits.
C. Children and youth learn their culture-their games, their musical tastes, their accents-mostly from their parents.
D. Shared environmental influences-including the shared home influence-account for 20 to 30% of children's personality differences.
Answer: A
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