______ share the same exact genes.

• biological parents

• adoptive parents

• biological siblings

• adoptive siblings

• identical twins

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The influence of environment on a person's behavior is sometimes referred to as:

• nurture

• adoption study

• nature

• twin study

• none are correct

A(n) _____ study compares the behaviors of identical twins to each other.

• adoption

• nature

• nurture

• twin

• none are correct

The influence of genetics on a person's behavior is sometimes referred to as:

• nature

• nurture

• twin study

• adoption study

• none are correct

A(n) _____ study compares a person to his or her biological vs. adoptive parents.

• twin

• nurture

• nature

• adoption

• none are correct

What does the phrase ''nature versus nurture'' refer to in psychology?

• The degree to which we are influenced by our genes versus the degree to which we are influenced by our environment

• Whether chemicals in the brain are naturally occurring or altered through medication

• Whether the food we eat is processed or organic

• The ongoing struggle between creatures that are in different levels of the food chain

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Which type of of twins come from one fertilized egg?

• Fraternal

• Paternal

• Identical

• Trizygotic

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Which of these statements about twin studies of personality is true?

• Fraternal twins tend to be more alike than identical twins when raised in the same environment.

• Identical twins tend to be more alike than fraternal twins when raised in the same environment.

• Fraternal and identical twins are equally similar when raised in the same environment.

• There are no significant personality similarities between identical or fraternal twins.

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Twin studies help psychologists and other scientists to answer questions concerning the debate over:

• Biology vs. psychology

• Ontology vs. phylogeny

• Genotype vs. phenotype

• Nature vs. nurture

Which type of twins come from two different eggs?

• Fraternal

• Identical

• Trizygotic

• Paternal

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