Anthology of papers on behavioral genetics and the biology and development of twins from the Third International Congress on Twin Studies, June 16-20, 1980, Jerusalem.
Author(s): Luigi Gedda, Paolo Parisi, Walter E. Nance (eds.)
Series: Progress in Clinical and Biological Research
Publisher: Alan R. Liss Inc.
Year: 1981
Language: English
Pages: 292
Tags: twins, multiple pregnancy, psychology, behavioral genetics, intelligence, personality, psychopathology, adoption study, genetic correlation, assortative mating, longitudinal stability of personality, blood groups, Rorschach Test, obsessionality, phobias, psychiatric disturbances, gene-environment interaction, temperament, twinship handicap
1. Contributors to Part B
2. Contents of Part A: Twin Biology and Multiple Pregnancy
3. Contents of Part C: Epidemiological and Clinical Studies
4. "Preface", Luigi Gedda
5. "The Human Twin", Luigi Gedda
6. "In Search of the Missing Environmental Variance in Cognitive Ability", S.G. Vandenberg and AR. Kuse
7. "Generalizability of Heritability Estimates for Intelligence From the Texas Adoption Project", Joseph M. Horn, John C. Loehlin, and Lee Willerman
8. "The Study of Mental Ability Using Twin and Adoption Designs", Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr.
9. "Multivariate Behavioral Genetics and Development: Twin Studies", Robert Plomin and J.C. DeFries
10. "Placentation Effects on Cognitive Resemblance of Adult Monozygotes", Richard J. Rose, l.A. Uchida, and J.C. Christian
11. "Intelligence-Test Results in Opposite-Sex Twins", Siv Fischbein
12. "Development of Piagetian Logicomathematical Concepts and Other Specific Cognitive Abilities", Arleen Garfinkle and Steven G. Vandenberg
13. "Relevance of the Marriages of Twins to the Causal Analysis of Nonrandom Mating", W.E. Nance, L.A. Corey, R.J. Rose, and L.J. Eaves
14. "Sex-Limitation and 'Asymmetric' Assortative Mating", L.J. Eaves and AC Heath
15. "How Stable are Personality Traits?", L.J. Eaves and RA. Young
16. "Personality Resemblance Among Adolescents and Their Parents in Biologically Related and Adoptive Families", Sandra Scarr, Patricia L. Webber, Richard A. Weinberg, and Michele A. Wittig
17. "Blood Groups, Physical Appearance, and Personality Similarity in Adult Dizygotic Twins", Joseph M. Horn, Karen Matthews, and Ray Rosenman
18. "Twin Resemblances in Personality", Frank Barron
19. "Heredity and Personality in Visual Perception", Silvia Borella
20. "Rorschach Test and the Myokinetic Psychodiagnosis of Mira y Lopez in Twins", M. Timsit, C. Bastin, and M. Timsit-Berthier
21. "Ego Phenomenology in the Human Twin", Luigi Gedda and Silvia Borella
22. "Environmental Childhood Similarity and Similarity in Adult Personality and Neurotic Development in Twin Pairs", Svenn Torgersen
23. "A Genetic and Environmental Analysis of Obsessionality in Normal Twins", C.A. Clifford, D.W. Fulker, and RM. Murray
24. "Twin-Family Studies of Common Fears and Phobias", Richard J. Rose, Judy Z. Miller, Michael F. Pogue-Geile, and Gilbert F. Cardwell
25. "Mortality and Psychosis in Twins", Adrianne M. Reveley, Hugh M.D. Gurling, and Robin M. Murray
26. "MZ Twins Reared Apart: Preliminary Findings of Psychiatric Disturbances and Traits", Elke D. Eckert, Leonard L. Heston, and Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr
27. "Finnish Twins Reared Apart: Preliminary Characterization of Rearing Environment", Heimo Langinvainio, Markku Koskenvuo, Jaakko Kaprio, Jouko Lonnqvist, and Lauri Tarkkonen
28. "Synchronized Developmental Pathways for Infant Twins", Ronald S. Wilson
29. "Heredity-Environment Influences on Growth and Development During Adolescence", Siv Fischbein
30. "The Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart: Project Description and Sample Results in the Developmental Domain", Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr., Leonard Heston, Elke Eckert, Margaret Keyes, and Susan Resnick
31. "The Interaction of Family Attitudes and Cognitive Abilities in the La Trobe Twin Study of Behavioural and Biological Development", David A. Hay and Pauline J. O’Brien
32. "The Impact of Twin Research in Developmental Studies on Models of Human Development", Reuven Kohen-Raz
33. "The Social Development of Twins in Longitudinal Perspective: How Stable is Genetic Determination Over Age 2 to 9?", Hugh Lytton and Denise Watts
34. "Genetic Aspects of Temperamental Development: A Follow-Up Study of Twins From Infancy to Six Years of Age", Anne Mari Torgersen
35. "Heredity and Temperament: A Comparison of Twin Data for Self-Report Questionnaires, Parental Ratings, and Objectively Assessed Behavior", Robert Plomin
36. "Assessment of Temperament in Twin Children: A Reconciliation Between Structured and Naturalistic Observations", Adam P. Matheny, Jr.
37. "Twinship as Handicap: Fact or Fiction?", Denise Watts and Hugh Lytton
