Behavior genetics of prosocial behavior
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The field of quantitative genetics aims to understand how environmental and genetic factors independently and interactively shape behavioral traits in humans. This scientific approach has been applied to a wide variety of observed characteristics, or phenotypes, making this work relevant for all areas of psychology. To fully understand this body of work, we first need to introduce the quantitative genetic methodology and review the types of prosocial phenotypes that have been examined. Then, we can explain what the accumulating evidence reveals about the origins of prosocial behavior.
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