John C. Loehlin

Behavioural genetics, Emeritus, Behavior Genetics Association, Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology
Herausgegeben:Cirino, Zheng

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Clinton Loehlin (born 1926) is an American behavior geneticist and psychology and computer science professor emeritus. Loehlin has served as president of the Behavior Genetics Association and of the Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology. He received an A.B. in English from Harvard in 1947, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1957. He was on active service in the United States Naval Reserve in 1951-53 during the Korean War. He taught at the University of Nebraska from 1957 to 1964, taking a position at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has remained until retirement. Loehlin's research has chiefly focused on the genetic and environmental contributions to individual differences in normal human personality traits and abilities; he has also been concerned with racial differences and with computer modeling. He has been involved in several twin family, and adoption studies, notably the Texas Adoption Project with Joseph M. Horn and Lee Willerman. He has also written on race and intelligence. He was a Director of the American Eugenics Society from 1968 to 1974.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing / Civ
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786138110965
• ISBN-10: 613811096X
• Artikelnr.: 34488929