kety et all 68 part of bio and clinical

Question 1

what was kety (et al 68) aim

Answer 1

to Figur out if there is a genetic basis for schizophrenia

Question 2

evaluate the genralisablitly of adoption studies

Answer 2

they are not representative of people who are not adopted not only because they make up such small % of the popn but also because they may have gone through things that kids who are not adopted haven’t had to go through such abandonment and a lack of our identity

Question 3

evaluate the reliably of adoption studies

Answer 3

they will be hard to standardise as the will have mainy extrenuase variables and kids are adopted for all sorts of different reasons

Question 4

evaluate the applicability of adoption studies

Answer 4

they can show us if good parenting can correct bad genes or a bad start to life

Question 5

evaluate the ethics of adoption studies

Answer 5

can drive a rift between familys by pointing out defences in adopted kid

Consent is not always gathered from kid itself sometimes from bio parents.