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storky111

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Briefly explain what a heritability estimate represents.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In typologies proposed by Hippocrates and Galen, sanguine people were thought to be
 
  a. optimistic.
  b. irritable.
  c. depressed.
  d. calm.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The heritability estimate represents the amount of variance in a trait that is accounted for by inheritance. It can be considered an index of the genetic influence on a personality trait. The higher the heritability estimate, the stronger the evidence that genes matter.

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Reply #2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Thank you


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