Infancy to Early Childhood: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Developmental Change

by Robert N. Emde, John K. Hewitt, Jerome Kagan

Book Overview

Behavioral genetics is a fast-growing, multidisciplinary field which attempts to explain the influence of genetic and environmental factors on behavior through the lifespan. The preferred investigative technique for teasing out the differences between genetics and the environment is the longitudinal twin study. This book is the first complete publication from the MacArthur Longitudinal Twin Study (MALTS) that is by far the most ambitious and comprehensive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019513012X
• ISBN13: 9780195130126
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"