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compounds the propensity of
cultural
similarity and hence behavioral similarity. As far as each being married to women
name
d Betty and divorced from women
name
d Linda, of the top one thousand most
common
female
name
s in America, Linda is #3 and Betty is #1468. This is statistically staggering in view of the number of
name
s in existence, showing a high probability of coincidence. As far as the
name
s `James Alan' and `James Allan', the most
common
male
name
in America... is James!69 As far as Allan/Alan, more research would need to be done on the
cultural
reasoning behind those middle
name
s in the region of Ohio that they both lived. In regard to "Both twins have an adopted brother whose
name
is Larry", this is a rather odd thing for the Minnesota researchers to report, for the tradition of naming children typically comes from the parents, not children. What this actually reveals has nothing to do with the `Jim Twins', but rather shows a powerful
cultural
similarity of the parents. If each set of parents both had a propensity to
name
a son Larry, then it suggests that the parents were possibly very
cultural
ly similar, hence revealing that the environmental influences on both `Jims' were also very similar. Then there are the dogs
name
d "Toy". Well, while `Toy' is not a
common
dog
name
, we need to know where the
name
came from initially. Someone had to suggest the
name
to the `Jims' in order for them to be aware of the
name
to begin with. The reasoning for this
name
could be multifaceted and logically derived from the environment. For example, nearly all domesticated dogs traditionally have toys that their owners provide. The advent of the
name
`Toy' could have come from an association made by a young Jim hearing his parent reference the toy when playing with the dog. For example, there have been historical instances where a mother would say to a young child who is just learning to speak something
common
like, "Daddy's home", when announcing the arrival of the father to the child. The child would eventually hear these words and associate them with the father walking into the house. In this
common
scenario, some children have confused the father figure with the word "home" rather than "daddy". They would thus later ask "when is home coming home?". In other words, the word toy could be a reference
name
that has been contextually redefined. In the case of the Jim twins, we don't have enough information to know if the
name
"Toy" is genetic or environmental, but reasoning would naturally lean towards environmental. Now, it isn't the point of this document to develop a full argumentative treatise on the lack of validity of the Twin Studies. The point here is to express that
cultural
factors oriented within the society are just as powerful as familial factors. The `Jim Twins' grew up in the same areas and had similar values and environmental influences. This point must be factored in and an in-depth analysis needs to be done regarding the
cultural
causes involved in such a study. Overall, the Twins Studies, while highly praised, show extreme weakness in understanding the true causality of a particular concordance.
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