Travis and Marcus, close friends, grew up in the same neighborhood. Both were exposed to chronic poverty, gang violence, and family dysfunction. By the time they were in high school, Travis was flunking most of his classes, had a child, and had been arrested numerous times for drug-related crimes and theft. Marcus, on the other hand was a good student, played football, and had aspirations to attend college. These different developmental trajectories, despite similar environmental influences, illustrate the concept of :.A) epigenetics. B) critical period C) a sensitive period. D) differential susceptibility

Differential Susceptibility refers to a situation in which a person gets exposed to negative aspects of environment and adopts it.

Explanation:

Option D differential susceptibility is the correct answer. when two children grow up in the same way, in same environmental conditions are influenced by the adverse effect of exposure to such environmental conditions will be especially, if not exclusively, evident among those individuals carrying more rather than fewer obesity genes.

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