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Which of the following best describes heredity?
Which of the following best describes heredity?
- The impact of environmental factors on physical characteristics and aspects of personality and behavior
- The combination of genetic and environmental factors on physical characteristics and aspects of personality and behavior
- The influence of genetic factors on physical characteristics and aspects of personality and behavior (correct)
- The process of inheriting physical characteristics and aspects of personality and behavior from relatives
If both parents are left-handed, is it more likely for their child to be left-handed as well?
If both parents are left-handed, is it more likely for their child to be left-handed as well?
- Yes, but only if the child has a specific gene for left-handedness
- Yes, left-handedness tends to run in families (correct)
- No, handedness is determined solely by environmental factors
- No, there is no correlation between parental handedness and child handedness
When psychologists study heritability, they are primarily interested in
When psychologists study heritability, they are primarily interested in
- The extent to which a characteristic varies within a population and can be attributed to genes (correct)
- The influence of cultural factors on genetic traits
- The correlation between genetic traits and intelligence
- The impact of environmental factors on genetic traits
What is the Human Genome Project?
What is the Human Genome Project?
What does heritability measure?
What does heritability measure?
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