1)    Why/how does the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA) allow researchers to separate out genetic  influences from sociological influences on cognitive abilities? (Please answer by explaining what  the within-pair and the between-pair effects of social class on adult abilities capture in the STATA study)

2)    Do you think different types of abilities might have different levels of social and genetic inheritance (if so please explain why and provide examples)? 

3)    Ericsson et al (2017) measure ability at old age. Do you think their results regarding the effect of genetic inheritance would hold if abilities were measured in early adulthood? Why?

4)    Why do you think adopted children show lower performance in school? Is this effect operating through cognitive abilities?

5)    How can we conciliate the findings of adoption and twin studies regarding the relative weight of nurture versus nature?

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6)    Do you think the nurture vs nature distinction is helpful for understanding the combined effect of genetic and sociological influences?

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7)    How can social sciences contribute to the study of genetic heritability? 

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8)    What are, in your opinion, the most important questions and avenues for future research in the nurture vs nature debate?