Ben's parents agree that he inherited his intelligence. However, at his college graduation, they discussed how their efforts to encourage his intellectual curiosity by trips to museums and reading increased his intelligence. This suggestion, that the determination of intelligence is by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, is referred to as __________.

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Ben's parents acknowledge the role of both heredity and environment. In this example, the determination of intelligence is by a combination of both genetic and environmental factors. Ben's parents suggest that his genotype provided a range in which the phenotype may be expressed; this is known as multifactorial transmission.

Ben's Parents Agree That He Inherited His Intelligence