The Dependent Gene: The Fallacy of "Nature vs. Nurture". This item is unavailable.The Dependent Gene: The Fallacy of "Nature vs. Nurture"

Presents evidence that links all traits to complex interactions between genes and the environment, considering such topics as sex, parenting, education, crime, stem-cell research, and DNA fingerprinting and how they are impacted by the "nature versus nurture" debate. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

David S. Moore is a professor of psychology at Pitzer College. He received his Ph.D. in developmental and biological psychology from Harvard University. A developmental cognitive neuroscientist with expertise in infant cognition, his theoretical writings have explored the contributions of genetic, environmental, and epigenetic factors to human development. His book The Dependent Gene has been widely adopted for use in undergraduate education and was nominated for the Cognitive Development Society's Best Authored Volume award. His book The Developing Genome won both the William James Book Award and the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award from the American Psychological Association, recognizing a book expected to have a profound effect on developmental psychology. Dr. Moore has served on the consulting editorial board for Child Development Perspectives and has been the editor of special issues of New Ideas in Psychology, Developmental Psychobiology, and Infant Behavior and Development. From 2016 - 2018, Dr. Moore served as the Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation's Developmental Sciences Program in Washington, D.C. He was elected a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2021.