Behaving : what's genetic, what's not, and why should we care? /

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This book analyses the nature-nurture controversy and recent history and methodology of behavioral and psychiatric genetics. It discusses genetic reductionism, determinism, heritability, ""free will,"" and quantitative and molecular genetics. New genome-wide association studies (...

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Weitere Titel:
What's genetic, what's not, and why should we care?
1. Verfasser:
Schaffner, Kenneth F.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This book analyses the nature-nurture controversy and recent history and methodology of behavioral and psychiatric genetics. It discusses genetic reductionism, determinism, heritability, ""free will,"" and quantitative and molecular genetics. New genome-wide association studies (GWAS) that produced a ""paradigm shift"" in the subject are reviewed, as are genetics of personality and schizophrenia.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-063160-0
0-19-046410-0
0-19-972150-5
Schlagworte:
Behavior genetics.
Nature and nurture.
Choice (Psychology)
Genetics, Behavioral. > NLM-D005824
Gene-Environment Interaction. > NLM-D059647
Personal Autonomy. > NLM-D026684
Choice Behavior. > NLM-D002755
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