In the same way that psychologists pay careful attention to the measurement of their outcomes of interest and potential environmental factors of relevance, care must be taken in characterizing genes of interest. The genetics research being carried out by psychologists should be of the same caliber as that being conducted in other areas of genetics, and it must keep up with the rapid advances going on in that field. Otherwise it will not be taken seriously. This does not mean that all psychologists need to be “gene-finders” or to carry out GWAS. But it does mean that anyone involved in this kind of research should understand the complexities of studying genetics and be connected to the latest developments in genetics. Because of the rapid pace at which the field of genetics moves, this necessitates having collaborators who are tied more centrally to the world of genetics and/or (for the younger generation of psychologists with interest in this area) to obtain focused training in genetics, ideally through a postdoctoral training experience. With ~25,000 genes in the human genome, thousands of genetic
