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Nature and nurture: an introduction to human behavioral genetics

Robert Plomin

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Why are people different? Individual and group differences. The challenge. How do genes influence behaviour? DNA. Genetic influence and behaviour. How can genetic influence on behaviour be detected? Quantitative genetic theory. Behavioural genetic methods used in animal studies. Human behavioural genetic methods. How much does heredity affect behaviour? Cognitive abilities. Personality. Psychopathology. Delinquency and crime. Alcoholism. How are nurture and nature important? The importance of environment. Nonshared and shared environmental influence. The nature of nurture. The future of behavioural genetics.

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Key concepts: Nature versus nurture, Behavioural genetics, Human evolutionary genetics, Evolutionary biology, Cognitive science, Biology, Genetics, Psychology