Genetics, Physiological Psychology, Behavioral Psychology
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Overview
For over four decades, Behavioral Genetics has explored the crossroads where psychology and genetics meet, advancing step by step with this dynamic area of research as new discoveries emerge. The new Sixth Edition takes its place as the clearest, most up-to-date overview of human and animal behavioral genetics available, introducing students to the field’s underlying principles, defining experiments, recent advances, and ongoing controversies.
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This textbook introduces students in the behavioral, biological, and social sciences to the field of behavioral genetics. Plomin (behavioral genetics, Institute of Psychiatry, London) DeFries (behavioral genetics, U. of Colorado, Boulder), McClearn (developmental and health genetics, Pennsylvania State U., University Park) and McGuffin (social, genetic, and developmental psychiatry, Kings College, London) describe the basic rules of heredity, its DNA basis, and the methods used to find genetic influence and to identify specific genes. Topics covered include cognitive disabilities and abilities, psychopathology, personality, health psychology, aging, and evolutionary psychology. The fourth edition includes several hundred new references and a new chapter on cognitive neuroscience. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
September 24, 2012
Publisher
Worth Publishers, Incorporated
Pages
560
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781429242158