| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Behaving; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. Behaving: Its Nature and Nurture (Part 1); 2. Behaving: Its Nature and Nurture (Part 2); 3. Genes, Behavior, and the Developmentalist Challenge: One Process, Indivisible?; 4. What's a Worm Got to Do with It? Model Organisms and Deep Homology; 5. Reduction: The Cheshire Cat Problem and a Return to Roots; 6. Human Behavioral Genetics: Personality Studies, Depression, Gene-Environment Interplay, and the Revolutionary Results of GWAS |
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7. Schizophrenia Genetics: Experimental and Theoretical Approaches8. What's Genetic, What's Not, and Why Should We Care?; 9. Summary and Conclusion; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
This work provides an overview of the recent history and methodology of behavioral genetics and psychiatric genetics. The perspective is primarily philosophical and addresses a wide range of issues, including genetic reductionism and determinism, 'free will, ' and quantitative and molecular genetics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Behavior genetics
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Nature and nurture.
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Choice (Psychology)
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Genetics, Behavioral
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Gene-Environment Interaction
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Personal Autonomy
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Choice Behavior
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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Choice (Psychology)
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Behavior genetics
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Nature and nurture
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Genetik
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Philosophie
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Verhalten
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Verhaltensgenetik
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Génétique du comportement -- Philosophie.
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Hérédité et milieu -- Philosophie.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190464103 |
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0190464100 |
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9780199721504 |
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0199721505 |
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