Behavior Genetics Principles - Perspectives in Development, Personality and Psychopathology

Dilalla, Lisabeth F.

ISBN 10: 1591470838 / ISBN 13: 9781591470830

Published by Washington, American Psychological Association (= Reihe: 'Decade of Behavior') 2004, 2004

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1st ed., gr.8°, XXI, 239 S., Text: englisch, weisser original Kunstleder-Einband (Hardcover) mit goldener Rückenbeschriftung, farbig illustr. original Schutzumschlag, ein sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar mit ebensolchem Schutzumschlag. Inhalt (auszugsweise, stichwortartig): The initian of substance use in adolesence - a behavioral genetics perspective / middle age, marriage and health habbits of America's greatest generation: twins as tools for causal analysis / genetic influence on social attitudes - another challenge to psychology from behavior genetics / bad luck and bad genes in depression / longitudinal prediction of schizophrena in a prospective high-risk study / genes and neurodevelopment in schizophrenia / spinach and ice cream - why social science is so difficult / where molecular genetics ia taking psychiatry and psychology / getting the bugs into our genetic theories of schizophrenia. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Musterschule) möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend, close to Musterschule) is possible. It saves the shipping costs.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Behavior Genetics Principles - Perspectives in Development, Personality and Psychopathology
• Publisher: Washington, American Psychological Association (= Reihe: 'Decade of Behavior') 2004
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591470838
• ISBN 13: 9781591470830
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 400 grams
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  • Naturwissenschaften: Biologie

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Synopsis

Behavior Genetics Principles: Perspectives in Development, Personality, and Psychopathology presents work that addresses both historical and novel approaches to the study of genetic and environmental influences on behavior. Contributors to this volume use behavior genetics as a means for understanding the etiology of mental illness as well as normal development. They ask: what genes predispose a person to develop a specific personality trait? What about an inclination to a psychological disorder? How do environmental factors enhance or mute genetic factors? Do they regulate inherited individual differences in behavior and personality throughout a lifetime? Behavior Genetics Principles explores the many connections between genes, personality, development, and psychopathology. It focuses on research influenced by Irving I. Gottesman, a pioneer in behavioral genetics research. As a mentor and a colleague, Gottesman has worked to examine the role of genes and environmental factors using both traditional and novel study designs and analytic methods. This stimulating volume, by colleagues who have helped shape the field of behavioral genetics, presents cutting edge work that carries on h