What attitudes are moral attitudes? the case of attitude heritability

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-179

  Brandt, Mark J ^a   Wetherell, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; behavior genetics; ethics morality; hierarchical linear modeling multilevel modeling; morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856481188     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611412793     Document Type: Review

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