Title
Behaving [electronic resource] : what's genetic, what's not, and why should we care? / Kenneth F. Schaffner.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780190464103 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171402 doi
Call Number
QH457 .S33 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
591.5
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.
Note
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, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 4, 2016).
Behaving: its nature and nurture (part 1)
Behaving: its nature and nurture (part 2)
Genes, behavior, and the developmentalist challenge: one process, indivisible
What's a worm got to do with it? model organisms and deep homology
Reduction: the cheshire cat problem and a return to roots
Human behavioral genetics: personality studies, depression, gene-environment interplay, and the revolutionary results of GWAS.
