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The confounding effects of genetic variables in early experience research: Can we ignore them?
Author(s) -
Henderson Norman D.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420010213
Subject(s) - confounding , psychology , subject (documents) , cognitive psychology , genetic data , evolutionary biology , econometrics , statistics , biology , computer science , demography , mathematics , sociology , population , library science
The high probability that the genetic makeup of different subject populations within a species will interact with treatment effects in early experience studies suggests that major revisions in both research methodology and interpretations of results are necessary in this area. Generalizations based on data from a single subpopulation of a species can be misleading, especially if they are based on a limited number of behavioral measures.