Born Together-Reared Apart : : The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study / / Nancy L. Segal.

The identical "Jim twins" were raised in separate families and met for the first time at age thirty-nine, only to discover that they both suffered tension headaches, bit their fingernails, smoked Salems, enjoyed woodworking, and vacationed on the same Florida beach. This example of the pot...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 19 halftones, 2 graphs, 44 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE. The Jim Twins (February- March 1979)
  • CHAPTER TWO. 15,000 Questions × 137 Pairs
  • CHAPTER THREE. Early Findings (1979- 1983)
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Sexual Orientation, Cognition, and Medical Traits (1984- 1987)
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Pivotal Papers: Personality and IQ (1988 and 1990)
  • CHAPTER SIX. Job Satisfaction, Cardiac Characteristics, and More (1989- 1990)
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Psychopathology and Religiosity (1990)
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Dental Traits, Allergies, and Vocational Interests (1991- 1992)
  • CHAPTER NINE. Creativity, Work Values, and Evolution (1992- 1993)
  • CHAPTER TEN. Family Environments, Happiness, Sensation Seeking, and the MMPI (1994- 1997)
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN. "Larks" and "Owls," Ego Development, and Authoritarianism (1998- 2002)
  • CHAPTER TWELVE. Twin Relationships, Social Attitudes, and Mental Abilities (2003- 2005)
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Sexual Development, Fluctuating Asymmetry, Body Size, and the Structure of Intelligence (2006 and Beyond)
  • CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Questions, Answers, and Twin Studies of the Future
  • APPENDIX A. Funding Sources
  • APPENDIX B. Glossary
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index