Comparison of French and Estonian students' conceptions in genetic determinism of human behaviours

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-20

  Castéra, Jérémy ^a,b   Sarapuu, Tago ^a   Clément, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b University Claude Bernard   (France)

Author keywords

Determinism; Genetics; Human behaviours; Innatism; Students' conceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876375744     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: 21576009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2012.716779     Document Type: Article

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