Genetics, Environment, and Behavior
Implications for Educational Policy
Published on 17. September 2013
344 pages
978-1-4832-6915-3 (ISBN)
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Genetics, Environment, and Behavior: Implications for Educational Policy is a collection of papers from the "Genetic Endowment and Environment in the Determination of Behavior" workshop in New York in October 1971. The book discusses the relationships between genetic characteristics and behavior as being significant in understanding human behavior and learning. The text also considers the different approaches made by geneticists and psychologists on this subject. Several papers review, in terms of both quantitative and qualitative analysis, the role that genetics and the environment play in determining behavior. One paper explains the possible role of genetic determination in behaviors as found in mice and men that show high probabilities of heritabilities. Another paper tackles biochemical genetics and explains the evolution of human behavior by addressing the enzyme variations in human brains and the role of language and culture. The book also cites gene-environment interactions and the variability that can be found in behavior with references to the works of Ginsburg (1967) and Vale and Vale (1969). One paper comments on the future of human behavior genetics, highlighting the distinction between what should happen and what most probably will happen. This text is suitable for sociologists, behavioral scientists, geneticists, educators, and students in psychology, psychiatry, and related branches of medicine.
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List of ContributorsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 Introductory Remarks ReferencesChapter 2 Quantitative Aspects of Genetics and Environment in the Determination of Behavior The Heritable Nature of Group Differences Quantitative Aspects of Environmental Determination Summary References Discussion References Reply to Professor Fuller Comment Reply to Professor Jensen CommentChapter 3 Qualitative Aspects of Genetics and Environment in the Determination of Behavior Genetic Determinism and the Influence of Physical Environment on Some Types of Behavior Influence of Physiological Factors, Including Hormones, on Genes Influence of Biological and Social Environment Conclusion References Discussion ReferencesChapter 4 Genetic Determination of Behavior (Animal) The Comparative Method Animal Behavioral Genetics Genetics of Learning Summary and Conclusions References Discussion References CommentChapter 5 Genetic Determination of Behavior (Mice And Men) Introduction The Behavioral Phenotype Hybrids Trait Profiles in Different Genotypes Measures of Learning Extreme Environments and Genotypes Mice and Men The Meaning of the Term "Race" Conclusions and Summary References Discussion CommentChapter 6 Human Behavior Adaptations: Speculations on Their Genesis General Considerations: Evolutionary Outcomes and Kinds of Selection A Brief Overview of Primate Phylogeny Evolution of Brain Size and Tool Use Within Species Behavioral Variability Adaptability and Genotype-Environment Interaction The Evolution of Milk Drinking What Next? References Discussion ReferencesChapter 7 Biochemical Genetics and the Evolution of Human Behavior Evolutionary Development of the Biological Substrate Evolution of Allelic Gene Products Evolution by Gene Duplication Reductionistic Description of the Human Nervous System Protein Polymorphisms Current Studies of Enzyme Variation in Human Brain Approaches to Complex Behavioral Phenotypes The Central Role of Language in the Evolution of Man The Impact of Evolution of Man's Culture upon Man References Discussion ReferencesChapter 8 Gene-Environment Interactions and the Variability Of Behavior Introduction What Is Interaction? Just as the Twig Is Bent? (Illustrations from Early Experience Studies) Parameters of Interaction Concluding Remarks References Discussion References Comment References Comment ReferenceChapter 9 The Meaning of the Cryptanthroparion Introduction The Formulation of the Scientific Problem The Logistics of Research in the Problem of Human Behavior and Genetics The Relationship of the Scientific Problem to Society Final Statement References DiscussionChapter 10 Human Behavioral Genetics What Are the Effects of Single Genes on Behavior? What Are the Effects of Chromosome Aberrations on Behavior? How Can Behavior Whose Transmission Is Unknown Be Screened for Sensitivity to Genetic Differences? How Can the Inheritance of Behavioral Attributes Be Studied? Do Psychological Factors Have Genetic Significance? To What Extent Are Group Differences in Behavior Genetic? What Are the Effects of Behavior on Population Structure and Selection? Summary References Discussion References Editor's Comment ReferencesChapter 11 The Future of Human Behavior Genetics Within and between Ethnic Group Comparisons Integration of Behavior Genetics, Biochemistry and Physiology Most Likely Future Research Needed Ancillary Research Need for "Basic" Theoretical Formation References Appendix 1: Suggestions for Ideal Body of "Core" Data to Be Collected in Cooperative Studie
