A personality psychologist is interested if being a snob is heritable. To answer this question a personality psychologist recruits a huge sample of 2,593 identical twins and found that identical twins were similar in how snobby they were with an effect size of r=0.6. They also recruit a huge sample of 1845 fraternal twins and found that fraternal twins were also similar in how snobby they were with an effect size of r=0.4. Calculate the heritability coefficient for being a snob.

A personality psychologist is interested if being a snob is heritable. To answer this question a personality psychologist recruits a huge sample of 2,593 identical twins and found that identical twins were similar in how snobby they were with an effect size of r=0.6. They also recruit a huge sample of 1845 fraternal twins and found that fraternal twins were also similar in how snobby they were with an effect size of r=0.4. Calculate the heritability coefficient for being a snob.

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Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Michael Cummings

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Chapter18: Genetics Of Behavior

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