Genetic Determinism: How Not to Interpret Behavioral Genetics

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 615-637

  Jong, Huib Looren ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

behavioral genetics; determinism; developmentalism; genetics; reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041110419     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354300105003     Document Type: Article

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