A researcher wants to discover whether a particular behavior is caused by genetic background or by environmental factors. This can be complicated by the ________, the fact that environmental experience is itself affected by genetic background

a. gene-environment correlation
b. nature-nurture concordance
c. evolutionary adaptation
d. genetic behavioral concordance


Answer: a.

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