Adoption Study

Question 1

Brief ao1

Answer 1

Groups of adoptees are observed, behaviours are correlated w adoptive parents and bio
• Children share 50% of their genes with each bio parents, but 0% w adoptive fam
• Children raised by adoptive fam, so, the enviro inf from them

Question 2

Nurture

Answer 2

Adoptes show behaviour similar to adoptive parents= behaviours significantly linked to shared environment

Question 3

Nature

Answer 3

Adoptes behaviour similar to bio parents
Genetically based behaviours

Question 4

Strength

Answer 4

Removes environment as ext variable
Any similarity between parent and child is due to bio

Question 5

Weakness

Answer 5

Children often adopted similar to bio fam eg race,socio and Econ status
Similarity due to enviro