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The Bell Curve has sparked a fiery debate over the origins of human intelligence and the roots of human behavior. Does nature determine intelligence so completely that we should give up on the disadvantaged? Or can intelligence and positive human behavior be fostered by intellectual nourishment and emotional support? In short, to what degree is DNA our destiny? Dr. Grant Steen - popular science writer and respected medical researcher - has drawn together the best and most cutting-edge research to gain insight into the effect of genes and the environment. He provides up-to-the-minute answers to some of the most important and explosive questions facing society today: How much of intelligence is inherited and how much is it a result of environment? Is violence borne in the genes or does it result from poor upbringing? Is homosexuality an inborn trait? What role does gender play in our intellectual abilities? What evidence is there that alcoholism and drug addiction are hereditary? This book shows that, to understand the human condition better, we must develop a keener appreciation for the subtle interactions between nature and nurture. First, Dr. Steen confronts the dark history of eugenics, and the horrifying legacy of the Nazis. He then proceeds to illuminate the latest advances in molecular biology and behavioral genetics. He explains fascinating results that have emerged from "split-twin" experiments, in which eerie parallels were found between twins separated at birth. He clarifies how the Human Genome Project might help create a new understanding of the human condition and how it may ultimately help alleviate some of the major health and even behavioral problems facing society today.
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出版社周刊评论
In a useful, opinionated, accessible survey of the nature-versus-nurture controversy, Steen, a Tennessee medical researcher in brain physiology, argues that human behavior is roughly half the result of genes and half the result of the environment, with an ongoing interplay between the two forces. He reviews recent research suggesting that children structure their own environments, selecting milieus congruent with heritable personality traits and proclivities. Steen defends intelligence tests as a measure of general problem-solving ability, but he attacks Richard Herrnstein's and Charles Murray's bestseller The Bell Curve as a pseudoscientific legitimization of racism. He finds the evidence of a genetic and hormonal basis for homosexuality to be fairly compelling. Alcoholism, he maintains, is a disease to which many people inherit a genetic susceptibility, although family environment plays a strong causative role. His synthesis touches on many topics, from cognitive and emotional differences between men and women to transsexuality, eugenics, sociobiology and a reported link between attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and criminality. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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This is an outstanding review of the relative contributions of genetics and environment on human personality, temperament, physiology, and behavior. Steen provides a rational, thorough, and balanced discussion that is highly preferable to the other, more sensational standout in this field by R.J. Herrnstein and C. Murray, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (CH, May'95). Steen devotes three well-written chapters to the history of the nature-nurture debate, including some excellent reference material on the popularity of the eugenics movement in both Europe and the US in the early part of the 20th century. The next four chapters explain how genetic and environmental influences are defined and gauged. Finally, Steen devotes well-researched and clearly written chapters to each of the following topics as they pertain to the nature-nurture debate: intelligence, mental disorders, personality traits, sexual orientation, alcoholism and addictive behavior, crime and violence, and gender differences. Every chapter includes unbiased presentations of the latest research. Highly recommended for general readers, college students of all levels, and professionals. A. C. Downs formerly, University of Houston--Clear Lake
目录
Chapter 1 Genes and Human Behavior | p. 1 |
Chapter 2 The Old Nature versus Nurture Debate | p. 21 |
Chapter 3 The Dark History of Eugenics | p. 33 |
Chapter 4 The Nature of Nurture: Defining Environmental Influences | p. 49 |
Chapter 5 New Tools for an Old Problem | p. 63 |
Chapter 6 New Improvements in the Old Tools | p. 79 |
Chapter 7 The Inheritance of Disease: A Paradigm for the Inheritance of Behavior? | p. 93 |
Chapter 8 Intelligence | p. 113 |
Chapter 9 Mental Disorders | p. 137 |
Chapter 10 Personality Traits | p. 161 |
Chapter 11 Sexual Orientation | p. 185 |
Chapter 12 Alcoholism and Addictive Behavior | p. 203 |
Chapter 13 Crime and Violence | p. 217 |
Chapter 14 Sex, Genes, and Testosterone | p. 239 |
Chapter 15 Biology and Social Responsibility | p. 261 |
Epilogue | p. 279 |
References | p. 283 |
Index | p. 293 |