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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Twin research has fueled bitter debates over the degree of genetic influence on intelligence, disease, mental disorders, special abilities and other traits. Almost encyclopedic in scope, this elegantly written study cogently distills and makes available to the general reader a wealth of research from the fields of behavioral genetics, evolutionary psychology and social science. A professor of developmental psychology and director of the Twins Study Center at California State, Fullerton, Segal contends that studies of twins, raised together or apart, demonstrate that genetic influence affects virtually every human characteristic, including IQ, personality, longevity, sociability, job preference and satisfaction, mathematical skills and athletic prowess. Parents, surprisingly, tend to be highly inaccurate judges of whether their offspring are identical or fraternal twins. Segal endorses testing during pregnancy or routine DNA analysis of newborns, arguing that knowledge of twin type affects parents' and educators' management of twins' behavior. A twin herself, Segal includes helpful chapters on the bonds twins develop, on how to cope with the loss of a twin and on conjoined twins, among other subjects. She also guides readers through new fertility treatments that may increase the odds of conceiving multiples. This survey will capture the imagination of anyone curious about twins or human behavioral development. Photos. Agent, Angela Rinaldi.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
In the most significant survey of twin research to date, Segal (director of the Twins Study Ctr. at California State Univ., Fullerton, and a fraternal twin herself) illustrates that by using twins as "living laboratories" we can sort out which aspects of twins' lives are influenced by genetic inheritance, and, in turn, we can begin to "lay bare the basis of human behavior." Drawing on all sorts of twin studies, Segal describes twin types and elaborates on findings regarding the development of personality and intelligence. She also looks closely at twin relationships (including conjoined twins) to understand grief, competition, bonding, cooperation, and more. Most refreshing are Segal's frank discussion of the complications inherent in the research and her many proposals for further research. Though her prose is dense, it holds plenty for anyone interested in twins or in fine questions of human development and evolutionary psychology. This is an excellent supplement to Lawrence Wright's more popularly written Twins: And What They Tell Us About Who We Are (Wiley, 1997). Recommended for academic and public libraries.ARebecca Miller, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Twin research has fueled bitter debates over the degree of genetic influence on intelligence, disease, mental disorders, special abilities and other traits. Almost encyclopedic in scope, this elegantly written study cogently distills and makes available to the general reader a wealth of research from the fields of behavioral genetics, evolutionary psychology and social science. A professor of developmental psychology and director of the Twins Study Center at California State, Fullerton, Segal contends that studies of twins, raised together or apart, demonstrate that genetic influence affects virtually every human characteristic, including IQ, personality, longevity, sociability, job preference and satisfaction, mathematical skills and athletic prowess. Parents, surprisingly, tend to be highly inaccurate judges of whether their offspring are identical or fraternal twins. Segal endorses testing during pregnancy or routine DNA analysis of newborns, arguing that knowledge of twin type affects parents' and educators' management of twins' behavior. A twin herself, Segal includes helpful chapters on the bonds twins develop, on how to cope with the loss of a twin and on conjoined twins, among other subjects. She also guides readers through new fertility treatments that may increase the odds of conceiving multiples. This survey will capture the imagination of anyone curious about twins or human behavioral development. Photos. Agent, Angela Rinaldi.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
In the most significant survey of twin research to date, Segal (director of the Twins Study Ctr. at California State Univ., Fullerton, and a fraternal twin herself) illustrates that by using twins as "living laboratories" we can sort out which aspects of twins' lives are influenced by genetic inheritance, and, in turn, we can begin to "lay bare the basis of human behavior." Drawing on all sorts of twin studies, Segal describes twin types and elaborates on findings regarding the development of personality and intelligence. She also looks closely at twin relationships (including conjoined twins) to understand grief, competition, bonding, cooperation, and more. Most refreshing are Segal's frank discussion of the complications inherent in the research and her many proposals for further research. Though her prose is dense, it holds plenty for anyone interested in twins or in fine questions of human development and evolutionary psychology. This is an excellent supplement to Lawrence Wright's more popularly written Twins: And What They Tell Us About Who We Are (Wiley, 1997). Recommended for academic and public libraries.ARebecca Miller, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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