Three Laws of Behavior Genetics and What They Mean

@article{Turkheimer2000ThreeLO,
  title={Three Laws of Behavior Genetics and What They Mean},
  author={Eric Turkheimer},
  journal={Current Directions in Psychological Science},
  year={2000},
  volume={9},
  pages={160 - 164}
}
  • E. Turkheimer
  • Published 1 October 2000
  • Biology
  • Current Directions in Psychological Science
Behavior genetics has demonstrated that genetic variance is an important component of variation for all behavioral outcomes, but variation among families is not. These results have led some critics of behavior genetics to conclude that heritability is so ubiquitous as to have few consequences for scientific understanding of development, while some behavior genetic partisans have concluded that family environment is not an important cause of developmental outcomes. Both views are incorrect… 
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