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Genes, Culture, and Personality : an Empirical Approach

By L.J. Eaves , H.J. Eysenck , N.G. Martin

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Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1989
ISBN
9781483288468, 1483288463, 0122282906
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5928056 bytes)
Pages
768\459
Time added
2020-02-15 03:28:08
Personality -- Genetic aspects.;Personality and cu

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The diversity of human behavior is one of the most fascinating aspects of human biology. What makes our individual attitudes, lifestyle and personalities different has been the subject of many physiological and psychological theories. In this book the emphasis is on understanding the genetic and environmental causes of these differences. Genes, Culture, and Personality is an expansive account of the state of current knowledge about the causes of individual differences in personality and social attitudes. Based on almost two decades of empirical research, the authors have made a significant con.  Read more... Abstract: The diversity of human behavior is one of the most fascinating aspects of human biology. What makes our individual attitudes, lifestyle and personalities different has been the subject of many physiological and psychological theories. In this book the emphasis is on understanding the genetic and environmental causes of these differences. Genes, Culture, and Personality is an expansive account of the state of current knowledge about the causes of individual differences in personality and social attitudes. Based on almost two decades of empirical research, the authors have made a significant con Content: Cover image Title page Table of Contents Copyright Authors Preface Chapter 1: Another Book on Heritability? 1.1 PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL ATTITUDES 1.2 AWAY FROM THE "HERITABILITY HANG-UP" 1.3 PRESENTATION OF ORIGINAL DATA 1.4 QUANTITATIVE MODELING AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING 1.5 SUSTAINED STUDY OF SELECTED MEASURES Chapter 2: Dimensions of Personality Publisher Summary 2.1 THEORIES OF PERSONALITY 2.2 THE DESCRIPTION OF PERSONALITY 2.3 TESTING THE MODEL FOR PERSONALITY 2.4 CRITICISMS OF THE MODEL 2.5 CAUSAL ASPECTS OF THE THEORY 2.6 HEURISTIC VALUE. Chapter 3: The Classical Approach: Early Twin Studies of PersonalityPublisher Summary 3.1 HISTORY OF THE TWIN METHOD 3.2 ANALYZING TWIN DATA: THE CLASSICAL APPROACH 3.3 THE SHARED ENVIRONMENT IN THE CLASSICAL APPROACH 3.4 CRITICISM OF THE TWIN METHOD 3.5 TWIN STUDIES OF PERSONALITY BEFORE 1976 3.6 POWER AND SAMPLE SIZE 3.7 EARLY TWIN STUDIES: A "META-ANALYSIS" 3.8 SUMMARY Chapter 4: Introduction to Model Fitting Publisher Summary 4.1 WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE OLD WAY? 4.2 MODEL BUILDING 4.3 MODEL FITTING 4.4 SUMMARY Chapter 5: Adult Twin Studies of the Major Personality Dimensions. Publisher Summary5.1 THE LONDON DATA 5.2 THE US STUDY 5.3 THE SWEDISH STUDY 5.4 THE AUSTRALIAN STUDY 5.5 SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION Chapter 6: Further Tests of the Model: Studies of Adoptees and Extended Families Publisher Summary 6.1 ASSORTATIVE MATING FOR THE DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY 6.2 ADOPTIONS AND EXTENDED KINSHIPS: THE LONDON STUDY 6.3 THE EXTENDED KINSHIPS OF TWINS 6.4 SEPARATED TWINS 6.5 OTHER ADOPTION STUDIES OF EXTRAVERSION AND NEUROTICISM 6.6 SUMMARY Chapter 7: Personality Development and Change: A Genetic Perspective Publisher Summary. 7.1 ANALYSIS OF P, E, N AND L IN JUVENILE TWINS7.2 THE CAUSES OF DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY AND CHANGE 7.3 DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN GENE EXPRESSION IN ADULTS 7.4 STABILITY AND CHANGE IN PERSONALITY Chapter 8: The Genetic Analysis of Individual EPQ Items Publisher Summary 8.1 THE DATA 8.2 MODELS 8.3 ESTIMATION 8.4 EXAMPLE 8.5 RESULTS 8.7 DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY Chapter 9: The Specificity of Gene Effects: Implications for the Interaction of Persons and Situations Publisher Summary 9.1 PERSONALITY TRAITS AND PERSONS × SITUATIONS INTERACTION 9.2 THE DATA 9.3 ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE. 9.4 GENETIC ANALYSIS9.5 DO GENES AFFECT SHORT-TERM PERSONALITY CHANGE? 9.6 DISCUSSION Chapter 10: Genetic and Environmental Covariance Between Traits Publisher Summary 10.1 GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL COVARIANCE: A BIVARIATE STUDY 10.2 A BIVARIATE EXAMPLE: THE NATURE OF EXTRA VERSION 10.3 THE COMPONENTS OF IMPULSIVENESS 10.4 THE COVARIANCE STRUCTURE OF NEUROTICISM 10.5 CONCLUSION Chapter 11: Normal Personality and Symptoms of Psychiatric Disorder: A Genetic Relationship? Publisher Summary 11.1 THE THRESHOLD MODEL FOR INDIVIDUAL SYMPTOMS.

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