Behavioral Genetics - Hardcover

Plomin, Robert; DeFries, John C.; Knopik, Valerie S.; Neiderhiser, Jenae M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1429242159 ISBN 13: 9781429242158

Publisher: Worth Publishers, 2012

For over four decades, Behavioral Genetics has explored the crossroads where psychology and genetics meet, advancing step by step with this dynamic area of research as new discoveries emerge. The new Sixth Edition takes its place as the clearest, most up-to-date overview of human and animal behavioral genetics available, introducing students to the field’s underlying principles, defining experiments, recent advances, and ongoing controversies.

About the Author:

ROBERT PLOMIN from the Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK. JOHN C DeFRIES works at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. VALERIE S KNOPIK is Director of the Division of Behavioral Genetics at Rhode Island Hospital, and Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry & Human Behavior and Behavioral & Social Sciences at Brown University, USA. JENAE M. NEIDERHISER is Liberal Arts Research Professor of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, USA.