Nature and Nurture: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Behavior
Abstract
The appropriate conjunction between the words nature and nurture is not versus but and. There is increasing acceptance of the evidence for substantial genetic influence on many behavioral traits, but the same research also provides the best available evidence for the importance of environmental influence and important clues about how the environment works. Because much developmental action is at the interface between genes and environment, genetic research needs to incorporate measures of the environment, and environmental research will be enhanced by collecting DNA.
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Dogs' behaviour and temperament are formed, conditioned, and modulated both by genetics and life experiences.
“Dogs’ behaviour and temperament are formed, conditioned, and modulated both by genetics and life experiences [139].”
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“Finding such substantial genetic at Aston University - FAST on August 25, 2014ann.sagepub.comDownloaded from overlap among cognitive abilities and disabilities has far-reaching implications for understanding the brain mechanisms that mediate these genetic effects (Plomin and Spinath 2002).”
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“Dogs’ behaviour and temperament are formed, conditioned, and modulated both by genetics and life experiences [139].”
Background
- Authors
- Plomin, R., & Asbury, K.
- Affiliations
- Institute of Psychiatry in London, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre
- SGDP Centre
- Venue
- The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-07
- Volume
- 600
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 86-98
- ISSN
- 0002-7162 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3349
- OpenAlex
- W2136350355
- Cited by
- 100
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Keywords
- nature versus nurture, genetic influence on behavior, environmental influences on behavior, gene-environment interaction, behavioral genetics, developmental psychology, behavioral characteristics
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