The Role of Twin Studies 0.0 / 5 ? BiologyDNA and inheritanceIGCSEAQA Created by: Nicole DCreated on: 07-12-13 19:06 The Role of Twin Studies 12 Questions 1 of 15 What is the nature vs. nurture experiment? An experiment used to determine whether the human characteristics are more due to genetic factors or environmental factors 2 of 15 Why might twin studies help unravel the nature vs. nurture argument? Differences between individual twins would show that it is based on the environment (nurture) 3 of 15 What do we mean by environment when referring to human development? Conditions and influences (surroundings) that happen to you during your lifetime 4 of 15 For the next 3 questions say whether each characteristic is genetic or environmental ... 5 of 15 Mass Environmental 6 of 15 Height Genetic 7 of 15 IQ score Both bigger environmental influence 8 of 15 Complete the following sentences which are assumptions based on IQ scores 4 sentences... 9 of 15 Differences between non-identical twins living in the same environment are due to _________ factors Genetic 10 of 15 Differences in identical twins are due to ___________ factors Environmental 11 of 15 Identical twins who are reared apart differ from each other (more / less) than identical twins reared together More 12 of 15 Differences between non-twin siblings are due to the interaction of genes and ______________ Environment 13 of 15 What is another name for identical twins? Mono-zygotic twins 14 of 15 What is variation? A product of genes and environment acting together 15 of 15
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