The importance of heritability in psychological research: The case of attitudes.

Abstract

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Determinan Kemampuan Auditor dalam Mendeteksi Kecurangan

“…Masingmasing preferensi memiliki ciri yang berbeda-beda. Ciri yang berbeda menyebabkan perbedaan dalam individu mengembangkan sikap untuk menyikapi suatu kondisi (Tesser 1993;Petty et al, 1997;Noviyanti, 2008).…”

“Elective Affinities”: On the Psychological Bases of Left–Right Differences

“…Psychologists and behavioral geneticists have been studying the heritability of social and political attitudes for years (e.g., Bouchard et al, 2003;Eaves & Eysenck, 1974;Olson, Vernon, Harris, & Jang, 2001;Tesser, 1993). Nevertheless, an article by Alford, Funk, and Hibbing (2005) presenting evidence of this kind caused a stir when it appeared in the American Political Science Review.…”

Genetics and the Social Science Explanation of Individual Outcomes

“…If one grants evidence that basic psychological characteristics and socioeconomic conditions are substantially heritable, at least under the current sociohistorical conditions of our population, then the ubiquitous partial heritability thesis would be satisfied merely by these characteristics and conditions mattering ubiquitously. (Merrill et al 1999) Gender identity disorder (Coolidge, Thede, and Young 2002) Parenting behavior (Pérusse et al 1994) Age at first intercourse (Dunne et al 1997) Conscientiousness (Loehlin 1992) Homosexuality (Bailey and Pilliard 1991;Bailey et al 1993) Patriotism (Tesser 1993) Aggressive behavior (Hudziak et al 2003) Coping styles (Kato and Pedersen 2005) Illicit drug abuse (Prescott, Madden, and Stallings 2006) Perfectionism (Tozzi et al 2004) Agreeableness (Loehlin 1992) Criminal behavior (Rowe 2002) Immigration attitudes (Alford et al 2005) Political party affiliation (Alford et al …”