Human genetics for the social sciences / / by Gregory Carey

• Autore: Carey Gregory
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, : Sage Publications, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 506 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 599.93/5
• Soggetto topico: Human genetics; Behavior genetics; Social sciences
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 454-478) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; BRIEF CONTENTS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 - LEMONADE; MODULE I: WHAT GENES ARE; 2 - THE CELL; 3 - DNA AND THE GENETIC CODE; 4 - EPIGENESIS AND GENETIC REGULATION; 5 - MENDELIAN TRAITS AND BEHAVIOR; 6 - DCG; 7 - THE NEW GENETICS; 8 - CHROMOSOMES AND CHROMOSOMAL ANOMALIES; 9 - MENDEL; 10 - MORGAN AND LINKAGE; 11 - THE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MODULE II: EVOLUTION AND EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY; 12 - INTRODUCTION TO MODULE II; 13 - THE FIVE FORCES BEHIND HUMAN EVOLUTION; 14 - HUMAN EVOLUTION; 15 - INTRODUCTION TO EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY; 16 - PRINCIPLES OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY ; 17 - INTRODUCTION TO MODULE III18 - QUANTITATIVE GENETICS I; 19 - QUANTITATIVE GENETICS II; 20 - GENES, IQ SCORES, AND SOCIAL STATUS I; 22 - PERSONALITY; 23 - SCHIZOPHRENIA; 24 - ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND VIOLENCE; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• Sommario/riassunto: This text introduces psychology and other social science students to the role genetics play in the individual differences in human behaviour.
• Titolo autorizzato: Human genetics for the social sciences
• ISBN: 1-4522-2959-7; 1-4522-6290-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827941703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advanced psychology texts ; ; v. 4.