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Suhay, Elizabeth. and Kalmoe, Nathan. "Why Twin Studies Are Problematic for the Study of Political Ideology: Rethinking "Are Political Orientations Genetically Transmitted?"" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Classical Chinese Garden, Portland, Oregon USA, Jul 04, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p204584_index.html>

Suhay, E. and Kalmoe, N. , 2007-07-04 "Why Twin Studies Are Problematic for the Study of Political Ideology: Rethinking "Are Political Orientations Genetically Transmitted?"" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Classical Chinese Garden, Portland, Oregon USA Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p204584_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: We argue that many of the arguments presented, and methods used, by Alford, Funk, and Hibbing in “Are Political Orientations Genetically Transmitted?” (APSR 2005) are flawed. Our critical discussion has three parts. We begin with a general discussion of the heritability statistic (h2); we explain why the statistic is not an estimate of the extent to which political attitudes are genetically inherited, as well as why the authors are wrong to extrapolate their findings to the American population. Next, we describe problems with the “twin study” method that cause us to doubt the “heritability” and “environment” statistics it generates. We then discuss several politically relevant “genetic” theoretical claims made by the authors that are either not tested or not supported by their data analyses. Upon concluding these critical discussions, we provide an alternate research agenda for the exploration of the origins of political orientations and attitudes. First, we discuss findings from the political socialization literature that suggest a very important role for social transmission in attitude formation. Second, we provide a theoretical framework for analyzing the contribution of genes and the environment to political orientations that takes into account the complex, interacting relationship of these two influences.

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