Investigating intelligence, Chapter 2 - Keywords

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Keywords taken from chapter 2 of Investigating Intelligence. The first book from the open university course dd100 investigating psychology
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Eugenics movement A movement that advocated the improvement of human genetic traits through the promotion of reproduction of people with desired traits and limiting reproduction of people with undesirable traits.
Scientific racism The manipulation of scientific theories and methods to justify the belief in racial superiority or inferiority.
Genetic code The rules which govern how information encoded with genetic material (DNA) will be translated into proteins, the building blocks of any living organism.
Heritability The extent to which differences in a trait, characteristic or ability within a population is due to genetic differences.
Human genome The complete set of genetic information contained in the human DNA
Ethics Principles that determine right and wrong conduct. The codes and principles researchers should adhere to.
Heritability estimate An estimate of the extent to which variability in intelligence in the population is accounted for by variability in genes.
Equal environment assumption The assumption in twin studies that twin pairs raised together experience roughly equal environments.
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