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What does hereditarianism mean?

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Noun
  1. the school of thought that heredity is more important than factors such as environment in determining intelligence and behaviour
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In the 1940s, hereditarianism and behaviourism were not independent of each other, but instead fed off each other.
Hence, complete hereditarianism about within-group differences is logically compatible with complete environmentalism about between-group differences.
Despite his hereditarianism and eugenicism, Hans kept on wanting to help people by more conventional psychological means.
He demonstrated that hereditarianism and environmentalism were not different and opposed traditions in the minds of many Australian social reformers.
After 1890, hereditarianism gained increasing support, due in part to the work of German biologist August Weismann.

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