Article
Behaviour and the concept of "heritability" axioms of an ethological refutation.
Acta biotheoretica - 1 Mar 1992
Heschl A
Abstract excerpt
This paper discusses the widespread use of heritability calculations in recent behaviour research including behaviour genetics. In the sequel, a radical criticism concerning the basic axioms of the underlying, more general concept itself is presented. The starting point for testing the proclaimed universal validity of this concept stems from a fictitious yet realistic example taken from learning research. The...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Behavior
- Humans
- Learning
- Models, Biological
- Personality
- Phenotype
- Social Environment