A 30-nation investigation of lay heritability beliefs
Laura J. Ferris,
Matthew J. Hornsey,
José J. Morosoli
et al.
Abstract:Lay beliefs about human trait heritability are consequential for cooperation and social cohesion, yet there has been no global characterisation of these beliefs. Participants from 30 countries ( N = 6128) reported heritability beliefs for intelligence, personality, body weight and criminality, and transnational factors that could influence these beliefs were explored using public nation-level data. Globally, mean lay beliefs differ from published heritability ( h2) estimated by twin studies, with a worldwide m… Show more
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