Born together--reared apart
Subtitle: the landmark Minnesota twin study
By: Nancy L. Segal
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780674055469
Subjects: Research; Twins; Nature and nurture; Psychology
Description: An overview of the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart, which posits that, across a number of traits, twins reared separately are as alike as those raised together--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Jim twins (february-march 1979); title: 15,000 questions x 137 pairs; title: Early findings (1979-1983); title: Sexual orientation, cognition, and medical traits (1984-1987); title: Pivotal papers: personality and IQ (1988 and 1990); title: Job satisfaction, cardiac characteristics, and more (1989-1990); title: Psychopathology and religiosity; title: Dental traits, allergies, and vocational interests (1991-1992); title: Creativity, work values, and evolution (1992-1993); title: Family environments, happiness, sensation seeking, and the MMPI (1994-1997); title: "Larks" and "owls," ego development, and authoritarianism (1998-2002); title: Social relations, social attitudes, and mental abilities (2003-2005); title: Sexual development, fluctuating asymmetry, body size, and the structure of intelligence (2006 and beyond); title: Questions, answers, and twin studies of the future.