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Where not to look for targets of social reforms and interventions, according to behavioral genetics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2023

Nikolai Haahjem Eftedal  and
Lotte Thomsen Open the ORCID record for Lotte Thomsen [Opens in a new window]
Nikolai Haahjem Eftedal
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Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Forskningsveien 3A, Oslo, Norway n.h.eftedal@psykologi.uio.no lotte.thomsen@psykologi.uio.no PROMENTA Research Center, University of Oslo, Forskningsveien 3A, Oslo, Norway
Lotte Thomsen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Forskningsveien 3A, Oslo, Norway n.h.eftedal@psykologi.uio.no lotte.thomsen@psykologi.uio.no Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 7, Aarhus, Denmark Center for the Experimental Philosophical Investigation of Discrimination, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 7, Aarhus, Denmark
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Abstract

Behavioral genetics typically finds that the so-called shared environment contributes little or nothing to explaining within-population variation on most traits. If true, this has important implications for where not to look for good targets of interventions: Namely all things that are within the normal range of variation from one rearing environment to the next in that population.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e190
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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