On the So-Called “Laws of Behavioral Genetics”

2400 words In the year 2000, psychologist Erik Turkheimer proposed three “laws of behavioral genetics” (LoBG hereafter): ● First Law. All human behavioral traits are heritable.● Second Law. The effect of being raised in the same family is smaller than the effect of genes.● Third Law. A substantial portion of the variation in complex human … Continue reading On the So-Called “Laws of Behavioral Genetics”