behavioral genetics
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Behavioral genetics is a field of science that studies how genes and environmental factors jointly influence behavior and psychological traits.
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| instanceOf |
interdisciplinary field
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scientific discipline → subfield of genetics → subfield of psychology → |
| aimsTo |
estimate heritability
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identify genetic loci associated with behavioral traits → partition phenotypic variance into genetic and environmental components → understand gene–environment correlation → understand gene–environment interaction → |
| emergedIn |
20th century
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| hasApplication |
behavioral medicine
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educational research → personality research → substance use research → understanding risk for mental disorders → |
| hasConcept |
additive genetic variance
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dominance genetic variance → gene–environment correlation → gene–environment interaction → heritability → liability-threshold model → non-shared environment → polygenic traits → shared environment → |
| hasEthicalIssue |
genetic determinism concerns
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privacy of genetic information → stigma related to genetic explanations of behavior → |
| hasSubfield |
animal behavioral genetics
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cognitive genetics → psychiatric genetics → |
| relatedTo |
behavioral neuroscience
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cognitive psychology → developmental psychology → epigenetics → molecular genetics → personality psychology → psychiatric genetics → quantitative genetics → |
| studies |
animal behavior
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environmental influences on behavior → genetic influences on behavior → gene–environment interaction → heritability of cognitive abilities → heritability of personality traits → heritability of psychiatric disorders → heritability of psychological traits → human behavior → individual differences in behavior → |
| usesMethod |
adoption studies
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animal breeding experiments → family studies → genome-wide association studies → inbred strain comparisons → molecular genetic methods → quantitative genetic analysis → statistical modeling of variance components → twin studies → |
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evolutionary psychology
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