Francis Galton made a significant contribution to psychology by introducing methods for studying how heredity contributes to human behavior. Which alternative explanation was Galton overlooking when he argued that heredity accounts for these similarities?
A) The primary importance of the nature side of the nature versus nurture debate
B) The fact that people who share genes live together in families, so they tend to share environmental privileges or disadvantages
C) A materialistic account of behavior
D) The concept dualism, which states that the mind is separate from the body.

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Galton overlooked the fact that people who share genes tend to live together in families and share environmental privileges or disadvantages, which could also contribute to similarities in behavior. This is known as the issue of genetic confounds in research on heredity and behavior.

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