Behavioural genetics finds that genetic influence on behaviour tends to:
Afade into adulthood
Bincrease into adulthood
Cstay the same always
Dvanish by adolescence
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. increase into adulthood
1. Behavioural genetics examines how genes and environment shape individual differences.
2. Its findings include that nearly all researched behaviours show significant genetic influence.
3. That influence tends to increase as individuals develop into adulthood.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Behavioural genetics" (rev 1380193530), section "Lead section"_
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