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| Heritability: Heritability in psychology quantifies the extent to which genetic factors contribute to individual differences in a trait within a specific population. See also Nature vs nurture._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Arthur R. Jensen on Heritability - Dictionary of Arguments
Slater I 121 Heritability/Jensen: (Jensen 1969)(1) (1) Genetic and environmental influences should not be considered independent of each other as they may be correlated and/or interact; (2) heritability is a population statistic that does not apply to individuals; (3) heritability can vary substantially from one environment to another; (4) the level of heritability in one group does not mean that its level will be similar in other groups; (5) heritability in one group cannot be used to attribute mean differences between that group and another group to genetic differences between them; (6) there were (and still are) many reasons to believe that environmental differences between middle- and upper-class European-Americans and disadvantaged African-Americans were (and still are) large, (7) high heritability does not mean that a trait is immutable. >Racism/Jensen, >Genetic variation/Jensen. 1. Jensen, A. R. (1969). How much can we boost IQ and scholastic achievement? Harvard Educational Review, 3, 1–123. Wendy Johnson: „How Much Can We Boost IQ? Updated Look at Jensen’s (1969) Question and Answer“, in: Alan M. Slater & Paul C. Quinn (eds.) 2012. Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies. London: Sage Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Jensen, Arthur R. Slater I Alan M. Slater Paul C. Quinn Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies London 2012 |
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