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" Born together--reared apart : "
Nancy L. Segal
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BL
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658970
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Segal, Nancy L.,1951-
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| Title & Author
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Born together--reared apart : : the landmark Minnesota twin study /\ Nancy L. Segal
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Harvard University Press,, c2012
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vi, 410 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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9780674055469
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: 0674055462
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| Notes
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leisure reading
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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The Jim twins (February-March 1979) -- 15,000 questions x 137 pairs -- Early findings (1979-1983) -- Sexual orientation, cognition, and medical traits (1984-1987) -- Pivotal papers: personality and IQ (1988 and 1990) -- Job satisfaction, cardiac characteristics, and more (1989-1990) -- Psychopathology and religiosity (1990) -- Dental traits, allergies, and vocational interests (1991-1992) -- Creativity, work values, and evolution (1992-1993) -- Family environments, happiness, sensation seeking, and the MMPI (1994-1997) -- "Larks" and "owls," ego development, and authoritarianism (1998-2002) -- Twin relationships, social attitudes, and mental abilities (2003-2005) -- Sexual development, fluctuating asymmetry, body size, and the structure of intelligence (2006 and beyond) -- Questions, answers, and twin studies of the future
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| Abstract
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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--
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Twins-- Psychology-- Research
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Nature and nurture-- Research
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BF723.T9S436 2012
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