Twin studies of political behavior : (Record no. 28403)
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| Koha Dewey Subclass [OBSOLETE] | PHL2MARC21 1.1 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | BECKWITH, Jon |
| 9 (RLIN) | 36424 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Twin studies of political behavior : |
| Remainder of title | untenable assumptions? |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York, NY : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | December 2008 |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Using the classical twin method, political scientists John Alford, Carolyn Funk, and John Hibbing conclude that political ideologies are significantly influenced by genetics, an assertion that has garnered considerable media attention. Researchers have long used human twins in attempts to assess the degree of genetic influence on various behavioral traits. Today, this methodology has been largely replaced in favor of contemporary molecular genetic techniques, and thus heritability studies have seen a diminishing role in behavioral genetic research of the twenty-first century. One important reason the twin method has been superseded is that it depends upon several questionable assumptions, the most significant of which is known as the equal environments assumption. Alford, Funk, and Hibbing argue that this crucial assumption, and thus their conclusion, holds up under empirical scrutiny. They point to several studies in support of this assumption. Here, we review the evidence presented and conclude that these attempts to test the equal environments assumption are weak, suffering significant methodological and inherent design flaws. Furthermore, much of the empirical evidence provided by these studies actually argues that, contrary to the interpretation, trait-relevant equal environments assumptions have been violated. We conclude that the equal environments assumption remains untenable, and as such, twin studies are an insufficient method for drawing meaningful conclusions regarding complex human behavior |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | MORRIS, Corey |
| 9 (RLIN) | 36425 |
| 773 08 - HOST ITEM ENTRY | |
| Title | Perspectives on politics |
| Related parts | 6, 4, p. 785-791 |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, December 2008 |
| International Standard Serial Number | ISSN 15375927 |
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| Koha item type | Periódico |
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| Operator's initials, OID (RLIN) | 1658^b |
| Cataloger's initials, CIN (RLIN) | Tiago |
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