xix, 508 pages : 24 cm With its clear and concise presentation, Behavioral Genetics, 7th edition introduces students to the field's underlying principles, defining experiments, ongoing controversies, and most recent discoveries. The text provides students with an understanding of heredity, it's DNA basis, the methods used to discover genetic influence on behavior and identify specific genes. It then examines what is known about genetic influence on cognitive ability, psychopathology, substance abuse, personality, health psychology, and aging. Finally it looks ate the future of the field of Behavioral Genetics and area where some of the most exciting development in the Behavioral sciences are being made--Provided by publisher Revision of: Behavioral genetics / Robert Plomin, Institute of Psychiary, London, John C. DeFries, University of Colorado, Boulder, Valerie S. Knopik, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, Penn State Univeristy. 2013. Sixth edition Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-468) and indexes Historical Perspective. The era of Darwin -- Pre-Mendelian concepts of heredity and variation -- Mendel's Laws and Beyond. Mendel's laws -- Beyond Mendel's laws -- The Biological Basis of Heredity. DNA -- Chromosomes -- Animal Models in Behavioral Genetics. Quantitative genetic experiments to investigate animal behavior -- Animal studies for identifying genes and gene functions -- Nature, Nurture, and Human Behavior. Investigating the genetics of human behavior -- Estimating Genetic and Environmental Influences. Heritability -- Interpreting heritability -- Environmentality -- Multivariate analysis -- The Interplay Between Genes and Environment. Beyond heritability -- Genotype-environment correlation -- Genotype-environment interaction -- Identifying Genes. Mutations -- Detecting polymorphisms -- Human behavior -- Pathways Between Genes and Behavior. Gene expression and the role of epigenetics -- The transcriptome : gene expression throughout the genome -- The proteome : proteins coded throughout the transcriptome -- Cognitive Abilities. Animal research -- General cognitive ability -- Specific cognitive abilities -- Neurocognitive measures of cognitive abilities -- School achievement -- Three special genetic findings about cognitive abilities -- Identifying genes -- Cognitive Disabilities. General cognitive disability : quantitative genetics -- General cognitive disability : single-gene disorders -- General cognitive disability : chromosomal abnormalities -- Specific cognitive disabilities -- Schizophrenia. Family studies -- Twin studies -- Adoption studies -- Schizophrenia or schizophrenias? -- Identifying genes -- Other Adult Psychopathology. Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Other disorders -- Co-occurrence of disorders -- Developmental Psychopathology. Autism -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- Disruptive behavior disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Other disorders -- Overview of twin studies of childhood disorders -- SNP-based heritability findings for childhood disorders -- Personality and Personality Disorders. Self-report questionnaires -- Other measures of personality -- Other findings -- Personality and social psychology -- Personality disorders -- Identifying genes -- Substance Use Disorders. Alcohol dependence -- Nicotine dependence -- Other drugs -- Complexities of studying the genetics of substance use -- Health Psychology. Genetics and health psychology -- Health psychology and genetic counseling -- Aging. Cognitive aging -- Health and aging -- Longevity -- The Future of Behavioral Genetics. Quantitative genetics -- Molecular genetics -- Implications of nature and nurture -- Appendix: Statistical methods in behaviorial genetics : Introduction ; Quantitative genetics ; Molecular genetics