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Eric Turkheimer is the Hugh Scott Hamilton Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia.
Turkheimer has coined what he calls the "three laws of behaviour genetics":
In contrast to other contributors in the field, such as Robert Plomin, he emphasizes the fact that we have in very few cases demonstrated specific causal links between genes and behavior.[2]
Turkheimer is critical of hereditarianism about differences in average IQ scores between one race and another[3], and argues they are best understood as environmental in origin.[4]
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References
- ↑ Turkheimer, Eric. "Three laws of behavior genetics and what they mean." Current Directions in Psychological Science 9.5 (2000): 160-164.
- ↑ Turkheimer, E. (2016). Weak Genetic Explanation 20 Years Later: Reply to Plomin et al. (2016). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(1), 24–28. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691615617442
- ↑ https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/6/15/15797120/race-black-white-iq-response-critics
- ↑ https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-24333-015
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