Behavioral Genetics

Alice M. Gregory, Harriet A. Ball, Tanya M.M. Button

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development
Subtitle of host publicationSecond Edition
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages27-44
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)9781405196796
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Dec 2010

Keywords

  • Basic techniques, by behavioral geneticists - understanding genetic and environmental influences on behavior
  • Behavioral genetic studies, and information about prosocial behavior
  • Behavioral genetics and behavioral genetic techniques
  • Disciplinary perspectives on social development
  • Environmental variance, into common, or shared, environmental variance
  • Interactions between specific genetic polymorphisms - and specific environmental factors
  • Phenotypic variance, gene-environment correlation (rGE) - genes and environment correlating
  • Rates of antisocial behavior - in young children, increasing throughout adolescence
  • Specifying genetic influences on traits
  • Twin studies, and genetic relatedness - magnitude of variance components

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