alleryAdopted children's intelligence resembles more closely that of their:
Abiological parents
Badoptive parents
Cadoptive siblings
Dschool teachers
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. biological parents
1. Adoption studies compare adopted children with both sets of parents.
2. The children's intelligence is more similar to that of their biological parents than of their adoptive parents.
3. This supports a hereditary role in intelligence.
_Source: NCERT Class XII Psychology, Ch 1 Variations in Psychological Attributes, "Intelligence: Interplay of Nature and Nurture", p. 9_
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