Nature and Nurture

Using evidence from a broad array of scientific fields (including biology, psychology, and economics), this book provides cutting-edge information about the flexibility of genetic expression that derives from the interplay of genes with environments from

Contents: S. E. Hyman, Foreword. Preface. C. Garcí a Coll, E. L. Bearer, R. M. Lerner, Introduction: Nature and Nurture in Human Behavior and Development: A View of the Issues. R. M. Lerner, Genes and the Promotion of Positive Human Development: Hereditarian Versus Developmental Systems Perspectives. S. J. Suomi, How Gene-Environment Interactions Influence Emotional Development in Rhesus Monkeys. M. B. Spencer, V. Harpalani, Nature, Nurture, and the Question of "How?": A Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory. A. Fausto-Sterling, Commentary. G. Gottlieb, Normally Occurring Environmental and Behavioral Influences on Gene Activity: From Central Dogma to Probabilistic Epigenesis. R. Rende, Beyond Heritability: Biological Process in Social Context. J. Hirsch, Uniqueness, Diversity, Similarity, Repeatability, and Heritability. L. Braun, Commentary. W. T. Dickens, J. L. Cohen, Instinct and Choice: A Framework for Analysis. E. L. Bearer, Behavior as Influence and Result of the Genetic Program: Non-kin Rejection, Ethnic Conflict, and Issues in Global Health Care. W. F. Overton, Embodied Development: Ending the Nativism-Empiricism Debate. C. Garcí a Coll, E. L. Bearer, R. M. Lerner, Conclusions: Beyond Nature Versus Nurture to More Complex, Relational, and Dynamic Developmental Systems.