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The gene illusion : genetic research in psychiatry and psychology under the microscope / Jay Joseph

Author
Joseph, Jay
Published
New York : Algora Pub., [2004]
Copyright Date
©2004
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 407 pages) : illustrations
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Twin research: misunderstanding twins, from Galton to the 21st century -- The twin method: an environmentally confounded research technique -- Genetic studies of twins reared apart: a critical review -- The heritability concept: a measure of inheritance or inherently misleading? -- The genetics of schizophrenia I: an overview -- The genetics of schizophrenia II: adoption studies -- Is crime in the genes? a critical review of twin and adoption studies of criminal and antisocial behavior -- Genetics and IQ -- Molecular genetic research in psychiatry and psychology: an exercise in futility? -- Where do we go from here?
Summary
Genetic factors are increasingly presented as an important influence on psychiatric disorders, personality, intelligence and various types of socially unacceptable behavior -- as if that were an unassailable fact, proven by research. Jay Joseph's timely, challenging book provides a much-needed rebuttal of the evidence cited in support of genetic theories in psychiatry and psychology, which are based mainly on twin and adoption studies. He shows that, far from establishing the importance of genes, psychiatric genetic and behavior genetic research on twins and adoptees has been plagued by researcher bias, unsound methodology and a reliance on erroneous theoretical assumptions. Furthermore, he discusses how this faulty research has been used to support the interests of those attempting to bolster conservative social and political agendas.
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ISBN
1417561599 (electronic bk.)
9781417561599 (electronic bk.)
0875863450 (ebook)
9780875863450 (e-book)
0875863442 (alk. paper)
0875863434 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780875863436
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-389) and indexes.
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