The pattern of findings in family studies (higher correlations for IQ scores among relatives that are genetically more similar) ________
a. generally supports a small role for heredity in human psychological traits
b. generally supports a small role for environment in human psychological traits
c. reveals that neither genes nor environment strongly influence IQ
d. supports the influences of both genes and environment
Answer: D
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a. dissociative fugue. b. dissociative identity disorder. c. malingering identity disorder. d. depersonalization.
If it is impossible to conduct experimental research on a topic, what do good researchers usually try to do to reduce confounds in correlational research?
A) search the research literature for independent replications of their findings B) measure and statistically control for likely confounds C) use statistics that can uncover time sequences in cross-sectional data D) choose dependent measures that are not prone to confounds