Adoption studies tend to study mothers more often than fathers because

a. mothers tend to have a stronger genetic influence on their children than fathers do.
b. mothers tend to have a stronger environmental influence on their children than fathers do.
c. fathers generally have less genetic and environmental influence on their children's development than mothers do.
d. it is harder to get information about the fathers than about the mothers.


d

Psychology

You might also like to view...

The term _______ memory refers to learned behavior that can be expressed, usually in words

a. declarative b. verbal c. implicit d. linguistic

Psychology

Immediately following the powerful earthquake in San Luis Obispo, California on July 2, 2003, I felt "jumpy" whenever an airplane flew over my house to land at the nearby airport. This change is probably a result of a. instinct

b. reflex. c. habituation. d. sensitization.

Psychology

If all of the scores in a distribution are clustered closely together, the distribution has ____________

A) low variability B) high variability C) a positive skew D) a negative skew

Psychology

Which woman is more likely to delay parenthood or decide against it altogether?

A) Coral, who has a traditional gender-role orientation B) Renée, who has a high-status, demanding job C) Hermilia, who works at a low-level, undemanding job D) Amanda, who is unemployed

Psychology