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Question: How is it that traits can vary so much in the same family?

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Answer: One component, called shared environment, includes all environmental influences that make children in a family similar to one another.

Explanation: Environmental variance not due to shared environment is called nonshared environment; this portion of environmental variance makes family members different from one another.

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