Kia is a foster child in an American home. Based on the results of most kinship studies, we would predict that her IQ would be __________ the IQs of her foster parents.
A)highly correlated with
B)weakly correlated with
C)lower than
D)similar to

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Kinship studies generally find that the IQs of children are more strongly correlated with their biological parents than with their adoptive parents, indicating that genetics plays a significant role in determining IQ. Therefore, Kia's IQ would be expected to be weakly correlated with the IQs of her foster parents.

Kia Is a Foster Child in an American Home