Explain how a person's beliefs can affect genetic influences on her behavior and give an example

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: A person's beliefs can impact genetic influences on behavior by repressing the expression of a trait. For example, a girl who is predisposed to smoking is less likely to smoke when raised in a religious environment and more likely to start smoking in the absence of religion.

Psychology

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The familiarity effect is the tendency of people to ________

a. be unable to distinguish between actual experiences and what they have been told. b. believe that a statement is true simply because it has been repeated a number of times. c. feel more positive toward a person, item, product, or other stimulus that they have seen often. d. overestimate their abilities to have predicted an event once the outcome is known.

Psychology

Follow-up research on infant cognitive development suggests babies' understanding of object permanence

A) is present at birth. B) develops suddenly, at around 4 months. C) is immature until late adolescence. D) becomes increasingly complex with age.

Psychology