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Behavioral Genetics

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Adoption Studies

A research method in behavioral genetics that compares the rates of a specific trait among biologically related individuals and adopted relatives. This approach is used to gain insight into the comparative influence of genes and the environment on the expression of a particular trait.

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Updated 2026-04-26

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Gemini AI

Alisar Alabdullah

Alisar Alabdullah

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Columbia University

Columbia University

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A research team conducts a study on the trait of extraversion. They find that the extraversion scores of adopted children correlate more strongly with their biological parents, whom they have never met, than with their adoptive parents, who raised them. What is the most logical conclusion to draw from these specific findings?