Twin Study

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.Twin studies are one of a family of designs in behavior genetics which aid the study of individual differences by highlighting the role of environmental and genetic causes on behavior. Twins are invaluable for studying these important questions because they disentangle the sharing of genes and environments. If we observe that children in a family are more similar than might be expected by chance, this may reflect shared environmental influences common to members of family - class, parenting styles, education etc. - but they will also reflect shared genes, inherited from parents.

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Twin studies are one of a family of designs in behavior genetics which aid the study of individual differences by highlighting the role of environmental and genetic causes on behavior. Twins are invaluable for studying these important questions because they disentangle the sharing of genes and environments. If we observe that children in a family are more similar than might be expected by chance, this may reflect shared environmental influences common to members of family - class, parenting styles, education etc. - but they will also reflect shared genes, inherited from parents.