| Heritability of some selected behavioral traits (from R. Plomin et al 1997) | |||||
| (proportion of observed variation due to genes) | |||||
| low < .2, med = .2-.4, high>.4 | |||||
| Trait | heritability | ||||
| IQ | high | ||||
| creativity | med | ||||
| social studies | med | ||||
| natural science | med | ||||
| English | high | ||||
| Math | high | ||||
| reading disability | high | ||||
| communication | |||||
| disorders | high | ||||
| dimentia | high | ||||
| attention deficit | high | ||||
| Personality disorders | |||||
| schizophrenia | high | ||||
| mood disorders | high | ||||
| anxiety disorders | med | ||||
| social phobia | med | ||||
| anorexic disorder | high | ||||
| twitching | high | ||||
| Personality | |||||
| extraversion (shy-outgoing) | high | ||||
| nueroticism (moody-relaxed) | high | ||||
| agreeableness (likeable-contrary) | low | ||||
| concientiousness (conform-non conform) | med | ||||
| culture (openess to new ) | med | ||||
| self esteem | med-low | ||||
| attachment / empathy | med-low | ||||
| anti-social behavior | med | ||||
| adult criminality | med | ||||
| political conservatism | high | ||||
| vocational interest | high | ||||
| homosexuality (male) | high | ||||
| character of romantic relationship | 0 | ||||
| divorce | high | ||||
| attitudes toward promiscuity | high |