
Handbook of Developmental Science, Behavior, and Genetics
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 10. September 2010
Book
Hardback
776 pages
978-1-4051-8782-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Handbook of Developmental Science, Behavior, and Genetics brings together the cutting-edge theory, research and methodology that contribute to our current scientific understanding of the role of genetics in the developmental system.
* Commemorates the historically important contributions made by Gilbert Gottlieb in comparative psychology and developmental science
* Includes an international group of contributors who are among the most respected behavioral and biological scientists working today
* Examines the scientific basis for rejecting the reductionism and counterfactual approach to understanding the links between genes, behavior, and development
* Documents the current status of comparative psychology and developmental science and provides the foundation for future scientific progress in the field
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Product info
GB
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 180 mm
Thickness: 48 mm
Weight
1456 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-8782-4 (9781405187824)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Kathryn E. Hood | Carolyn Tucker Halpern | Gary Greenberg
Handbook of Developmental Science, Behavior, and Genetics
E-Book
06/2011
Wiley-Blackwell
€41.99
Available for download

Kathryn E. Hood | Carolyn Tucker Halpern | Gary Greenberg
Handbook of Developmental Science, Behavior, and Genetics
E-Book
07/2010
Wiley-Blackwell
€41.99
Available for download
Persons
Kathryn E. Hood is an associate professor of human development at Pennsylvania State University. Her 30 years of active research includes the study of selective breeding in mice. She also analyzes interviews from children in the archival Carolina Longitudinal Study.
Carolyn Tucker Halpern is an associate professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on biopsychosocial models of adolescent health and development, and the implications of adolescent experiences for young adult well-being.
Gary Greenberg is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Wichita State University and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois - Chicago. He is a comparative psychologist, co-founder of the International Society for Comparative Psychology, and Historian/Archivist of APA's Division (6) of Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology.
Richard M. Lerner is the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science within the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development and the Director of the Institute for Applied Youth Development, at Tufts University. Lerner is known for his theory of relations between life-span human development and social change, and for his research about the relations between adolescents and their peers, families, schools, and communities.
Content
Contributors
Foreword: Gilbert Gottlieb and the Developmental Point of View
Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I: Introduction
Part II: Theoretical Foundations for the Developmental Study of Behavior and Genetics
Part III: Empirical Studies of Behavioral Development and Genetics
Part IV: Applications to Development
Name Index
Subject Index