Towards a genetically informed approach in the social sciences: Strengths and an opportunity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 374-380

  Bates, Timothy C ^a   Lewis, Gary J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; Causal hypotheses; Confounding; Open source; Reverse causation; Shared environment; Social psychology; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862328336     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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