| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 410 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. The Jim Twins (February- March 1979) -- CHAPTER TWO. 15,000 Questions × 137 Pairs -- CHAPTER THREE. Early Findings (1979- 1983) -- CHAPTER FOUR. Sexual Orientation, Cognition, and Medical Traits (1984- 1987) -- CHAPTER FIVE. Pivotal Papers: Personality and IQ (1988 and 1990) -- CHAPTER SIX. Job Satisfaction, Cardiac Characteristics, and More (1989- 1990) -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Psychopathology and Religiosity (1990) -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Dental Traits, Allergies, and Vocational Interests (1991- 1992) -- CHAPTER NINE. Creativity, Work Values, and Evolution (1992- 1993) -- CHAPTER TEN. Family Environments, Happiness, Sensation Seeking, and the MMPI (1994- 1997) -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. "Larks" and "Owls," Ego Development, and Authoritarianism (1998- 2002) -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Twin Relationships, Social Attitudes, and Mental Abilities (2003- 2005) -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Sexual Development, Fluctuating Asymmetry, Body Size, and the Structure of Intelligence (2006 and Beyond) -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Questions, Answers, and Twin Studies of the Future -- APPENDIX A. Funding Sources -- APPENDIX B. Glossary -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Summary |
An overview of the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart, which posits that, across a number of traits, twins reared separately are as alike as those raised together-- Source other than Library of Congress |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
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Twins -- Psychology -- Research
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Nature and nurture -- Research
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Social ecology.
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Twin Studies as Topic
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Twins -- psychology
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Social Environment
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human ecology.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Siblings.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
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Social ecology
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Nature and nurture -- Research
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Zwillingsforschung
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Zwilling
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Entwicklungspsychologie
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Persönlichkeitspsychologie
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011041636 |
| ISBN |
0674065158 |
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9780674065154 |
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0674070143 |
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9780674070141 |
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