Nature and nurture

Nature and nurture the complex interplay of genetic and environmental influences on human behavior and development / [electronic resource] : edited by Cynthia Garc�ia Coll, Elaine L. Bearer, Richard M. Lerner. - New York : Psychology Press, 2012. - xxiii, 253 p. : ill.

First published 2004 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Genes and the promotion of positive human development : hereditarian versus developmental systems perspectives / Richard M. Lerner -- 2. How gene-environment interactions influence emotional development in Rhesus monkeys / Stephen J. Suomi -- 3. Nature, nurture, and the question of "how?" : A phenomenological variant of ecological systems theory / Margaret Beale Spencer and Vinay Harpalani -- 4. Commentary / Anne Fausto-Sterling -- 5. Normally occurring environmental and behavioral influences on gene activity : from central dogma to probabilistic epigenesis / Gilbert Gottlieb -- 6. Beyond heritability : biological process in social context / Richard Rende -- 7. Uniqueness, diversity, similarity, repeatability, and heritability / Jerry Hirsch -- 8. Commentary / Lundy Braun -- 9. Instinct and choice : a framework for analysis / William T. Dickens and Jessica L. Cohen -- 10. Behavior as influence and result of the genetic program : non-kin rejection, ethnic conflict, and issues in global health care / Elaine L. Bearer -- 11. Embodied development : ending the nativism-empiricism debate / Willis F. Overton -- 12. Conclusions : beyond nature versus nurture to more complex, relational, and dynamic developmental systems / Cynthia Garc�ia Coll, Elaine L. Bearer, and Richard M. Lerner.




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Nature and nurture.
Behavior genetics.
Human genetics.
Human behavior.


Electronic books.