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After studying Chapter 6, you should be able to
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discuss historical and current controversy surrounding the genetic analysis of personality; |
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discuss why behavioral genetics research is controversial, with reference to issues surrounding ideology conflicts and fears about eugenics; |
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identify and describe the actual scholarly goal of modern behavioral geneticists; |
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define and discuss the concept of heritability, with reference to phenotypic variance, genotypic variance, and environmentality; |
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identify and discuss three key misconceptions about heritability; |
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discuss the nature-nurture debate, from the perspective of modern behavioral genetics; |
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identify and discuss the four key research deigns used by behavioral geneticists, including a discussion of the advantages, disadvantages, and assumption of each design; |
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identify and discuss the major findings from behavioral genetics research, including findings in the areas of personality, sexual orientation, attitudes and preferences, drinking, and smoking; |
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discuss and differentiate shared environmental influences from nonshared environmental influences; |
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discuss the impact of shared versus nonshared environmental influences on personality; |
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define and provide examples of genotype-environment interactions; |
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define and provide examples for each of the three types of genotype-environment correlation, including passive, reactive, and active correlations; |
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discuss the emerging field of molecular behavior genetics, including its goals, methods, and recent findings; |
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discuss why science, politics, and values sometimes seem to be in conflict with respect to behavioral genetic findings; and finally |
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provide a clear rationale for why behavioral genetics research should continue, and why knowledge is better than operating in ignorance. |