Dr. Driscoll conducts a test to determine whether empathy is best explained by nature or nurture. She compares empathic responding by monozygotic twins, dizygotic twins, and twins of both types reared apart and their siblings (adoptive and biological). Her findings demonstrate that children who are raised in the same home are more similar in empathic expression than children who share genetic material. What might she conclude?

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Given the findings here, it is reasonable to indicate that this trait/behavior is largely due (though perhaps not entirely) to experiences in the environment rather than genetics.

Dr Driscoll Conducts a Test to Determine Whether Empathy Is