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Devling into the field's underlying principles, defining experiments, ongoing controversies, and most recent discoveries, Behavioral Genetics familiarizes you with the most important topics related to the field today.

For over four decades, Behavioral Genetics has explored the crossroads where psychology and genetics meet, advancing step by step with this dynamic area of research as new discoveries emerge. The new Sixth Edition takes its place as the clearest, most up-to-date overview of human... Read Full Overview

Behavioural Genetics, fourth edition provides an overview of human and animal behavioural genetics that is designed to introduce students in the behavioural, biological, and social sciences to the field. With the addition of new chapters, thorough updating, and a new co-author,... Read Full Overview

Divided into sections on cognitive disabilities, psychopathology, personality, health psychology and biopsychology, and the environment, the Third Edition emphasizes the clinical aspects of behavioural genetics that are most interesting to students, as well as the technological... Read Full Overview

An overview of both animal and human behavioural genetics and discussions of controversial topics. The book includes a chapter on the role of the new genetics of recombinant DNA in behavioural genetic research, and an introduction to model-fitting analysis and the major areas... Read Full Overview

This introductory text for courses in behavioural genetics has been thoroughly updated and made more accessible to students, with a new focus on what we know about genetics in psychology rather than how we know it.Divided into sections on cognitive disabilities, psychopathology,... Read Full Overview