Influences: Heredity and Environment · CDP

Which developmental outcomes are influenced by both heredity and environment according to recent empirical research?

Only physical traits, such as a person's adult height
Personality, cognition, motor function and behavior
Only a child's inborn temperament and nothing else
No outcomes at all, since either heredity or environment acts alone

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Correct answer: Personality, cognition, motor function and behavior

Studies find that language, cognition, motor skills, social behavior and many psychological traits result from complex interplay of genes and environment.

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