Chapter Outline

The Story of the Jim and Jim Twins

The Evolutionary Perspective

• Natural Selection and Adaptive Behavior
• Evolutionary Psychology

Genetic Foundations

• What Are Genes?
• Mitosis and Meiosis
  • Cells, Chromosomes, Genes, and DNA
• Genetic Principles
  • Dominant-Recessive Genes Principle
  • Sex-Linked Genes
  • Genetic Imprinting
  • Polygenic Inheritance
  • Reaction Range
  • Canalization
• Methods Used by Behavior Geneticists
• Molecular Genetics
• Chromosome and Gene-Linked Abnormalities
  • Chromosome Abnormalities
  • Gene-Linked Abnormalities

Reproduction Challenges and Choices

• Prenatal Diagnostic Tests
• Infertility
• Adoption

Heredity-Environment Interaction

• Intelligence
  • Jensen's View
  • The Bell Curve
  • Environment
• Heredity-Environment Correlations
• Shared and Nonshared Environmental Experiences
• Conclusions About Heredity-Environment Interaction