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I have a shaky understanding of "non-shared environment", I get the sense that it is based on the context of the study. e.g. If I do a study on genetically iden
by choxi 9y ago
I have a shaky understanding of "non-shared environment", I get the sense that it is based on the context of the study. e.g. If I do a study on genetically identical mice and control their sugar intake, "sugar intake" would be shared environment and something like "exposure to lead" would be non-shared. If I did the same study and controlled their exposure to lead, it would be "shared" in that case.
Is that an accurate understanding? Is "non-shared environment" basically the "everything else" category after genetics and shared environment have been controlled for?
Also,
> If clones in as exactly identical environments as researchers can create and perceive still wind up with such dramatic individual differences, how is science even possible on what causes the differences?
Another point in favor of simulation theory? :)
- jessriedel 9y ago> Is "non-shared environment" basically the "everything else" category after genetics and shared environment have been controlled for? Yes. For instance, in a study of childhood development, "shared environment" is the things that can plausibly be controlled since they are inflicted on all children in a family (e.g., household income, or frequency of family dinners), and "non-shared environment" is the "other" category that captures the infinite number of uncontrolled influences that different children within the family experience differently (e.g., having a scary fall down the stairs).