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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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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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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.