The name is absent



Provided by Cognitive Sciences ePrint Archive


HAPPY IS AS HAPPY DOES

David Lykken

University of Minnesota

American Psychological Society

Presidential Symposium

Washington, DC, May 24th, 1997

Tom Bouchard’s celebrated study of twins separated in infancy and reared apart—a study
that was celebrated enough in fact to catch the attention of Charles Adams in this New Yorker
cartoon---has turned up a great many surprising and provocative findings. One of these findings
was that 69 pairs of monozygotic twins, reared from infancy without even knowing of each
other’s existence, correlate .53 in their scores on the scale in Tellegen’s personality
questionnaire, the MPQ, that measures subjective well-being or happiness. Such correlations for
MZ twins reared apart provide a direct estimate of the heritability of the trait in question.
Therefore this result suggests that individual differences in happiness owe about 50% of their

variance to genetic differences between people.

Separated at birth, the Mallifert Iwtnt meet accidentally.




More intriguing information

1. Fiscal Sustainability Across Government Tiers
2. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS' WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR REAL-TIME MESOSCALE WEATHER INFORMATION
3. Rural-Urban Economic Disparities among China’s Elderly
4. Weather Forecasting for Weather Derivatives
5. Ein pragmatisierter Kalkul des naturlichen Schlieβens nebst Metatheorie
6. Dendritic Inhibition Enhances Neural Coding Properties
7. The name is absent
8. Julkinen T&K-rahoitus ja sen vaikutus yrityksiin - Analyysi metalli- ja elektroniikkateollisuudesta
9. sycnoιogιcaι spaces
10. Partner Selection Criteria in Strategic Alliances When to Ally with Weak Partners
11. A Study of Adult 'Non-Singers' In Newfoundland
12. Foreign Direct Investment and Unequal Regional Economic Growth in China
13. The name is absent
14. Land Police in Mozambique: Future Perspectives
15. Personal Experience: A Most Vicious and Limited Circle!? On the Role of Entrepreneurial Experience for Firm Survival
16. Tax systems and tax reforms in Europe: Rationale and open issue for more radical reforms
17. Update to a program for saving a model fit as a dataset
18. The Role of Immigration in Sustaining the Social Security System: A Political Economy Approach
19. The name is absent
20. Urban Green Space Policies: Performance and Success Conditions in European Cities