Highly coordinated children are picked out at an early age by coaches and given special opportunities to excel at sports. Extraverted children seek out social situations and become unusually comfortable with strangers. Both of these phenomena illustrate ________
A) the power of the phenotype over the genotype.
B) genotype-environment correlations.
C) the polygenic effect of chromosomes on behavior.
D) how the environment shapes one's genetic endowment.

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The phenomenon described in the scenario illustrates genotype-environment correlations, which means that certain genetically influenced traits make it more likely for individuals to seek out or be exposed to certain environments, leading to a correlation between genotype and environment. In the case of highly coordinated children and extraverted children, their genetic predispositions make it more likely for them to excel at sports or seek out social situations, respectively, which then reinforces and further develops these traits. The other options either do not fit the scenario or are not accurate descriptions of the phenomenon.

Highly Coordinated Children Are Picked Out at an Early Age