Genetic and Environmental Influences on Biological Essentialism, Heuristic Thinking, Need for Closure, and Conservative Values: Insights From a Survey and Twin Study

2022/04/03 by José J. Morosoli, J. J. Morosoli, Fiona Kate Barlow +5 · 6 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Closure (psychology) #Cognition #Cognitive style #Cultural Differences and Values #Demography #Developmental psychology #Epistemology #Essentialism #Heuristic #Philosophy #Population #Psychology #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1007/s10519-022-10101-2

published in Behavior Genetics 52(3), 170-183 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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