Marcus, a cooperative, attentive child, receives more patient and sensitive interactions from his parents than they give to Erica, his distractible, inattentive sister. This is an example of a(n) __________ gene-environment correlation.

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This is an example of an evocative gene-environment correlation, where an individual's (Marcus's) inherited characteristics evoke certain responses from others (his parents) in the environment, leading to a reinforcement of those characteristics.

Marcus, a Cooperative, Attentive Child, Receives More Patient and Sensitive