Researchers have found that the scores of adopted children are moderately related to the scores of their adoptive parents (+.19)and moderately related to the scores of their biological parents.Based on these findings,your textbook suggests that the most appropriate interpretation would be that
A) heredity plays a much stronger role than environment in the development of intelligence.
B) environment plays a much stronger role than heredity in the development of intelligence.
C) heredity and environment are equally important.
D) the nature/nurture question is not a simple one to answer.

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The finding that scores of adopted children are moderately related to the scores of both their adoptive and biological parents suggests that both heredity and environment play a role in the development of intelligence. Therefore, the most appropriate interpretation is that the nature/nurture question is not a simple one to answer.

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