Gottesman and Shields (1966)

A quiz of the aims, procedure, results and conclusions of Gottesman and Shields (1966).

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What was the aim of the Gottesman and Shields study?
To see if there was a genetic or environmental influence on the development of schizophrenia.
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What research method was used in this study?
Twin Study
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What type of people did they use for the study?
MZ and DZ twins
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How were the twins tested?
Blood group, fingerprints and how alike they looked (identical)
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What did they test to see?
Whether if both twins had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and whether both had a mental disorder but different diagnoses.
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What percentage of MZ twins both had a diagnosis of schizophrenia?
42%
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What percentage of DZ twins both had a diagnosis of schizophrenia?
9%
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What percentage of MZ twins of severe schizophrenics also had schizophrenia?
77%
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What was concluded from the study?
Genes play a role in the development of schizophrenia.
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