Blueprint How DNA Makes Us Who We Are - The MIT Press

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Publisher's Synopsis

A top behavioral geneticist makes the case that DNA inherited from our parents at the moment of conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses.

In Blueprint, behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses from birth. A century of genetic research shows that DNA differences inherited from our parents are the consistent lifelong sources of our psychological individuality-the blueprint that makes us who we are. Plomin reports that genetics explains more about the psychological differences among people than all other factors combined. Nature, not nurture, is what makes us who we are. Plomin explores the implications of these findings, drawing some provocative conclusions-among them that parenting styles don't really affect children's outcomes once genetics is taken into effect. This book offers readers a unique insider's view of the exciting synergies that came from combining genetics and psychology. The paperback edition has a new afterword by the author.

Book information

ISBN: 9780262537988
Publisher: The MIT Press
Imprint: The MIT Press
Pub date:
Edition: New edition
DEWEY: 155.7
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xiii, 278
Weight: 318g
Height: 201mm
Width: 137mm
Spine width: 23mm