Which of the following is true about the concept of "heritability" in developmental psychology?
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Correct answer: It estimates how much trait variation in a population reflects genetic differences
Heritability refers to population-level estimates — how much variation among individuals is due to genetic variation, not to environment or individual-level causation.
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