Researchers announce that their study of identical twins has revealed a high heritability for divorce (McGue & Lykken, 1992). Given that our prehistoric ancestors hadn't yet invented marriage, let alone divorce, what on earth could this finding mean
What will be an ideal response?
There obviously cannot be a "divorce gene," but perhaps personality traits that have a heritable component, such as neuroticism and hostility, make it harder for a person to get along with a partner and thereby increase the likelihood of getting divorced (Rogge et al., 2006).
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A) more than B) less than C) about the same as D) faster than
In sex ed class, Toni heard about something called HPV or genital warts
She tuned out because she did not know anyone who ever had this, and she had lots of sexually active friends, so it must be pretty rare. What would the sex educator tell her if she knew what Toni was thinking? a) That she was probably right to think it was very unlikely she would get HPV. b) That she was probably right because primarily men get HPV. c) That she was probably wrong because she was in a high risk group. d) That she was wrong because about 50% of people get HPV at some time.