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Eugenics and the Nature-Nurture Debate in the Twentieth Century /

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Gillette shows that the sciences of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology were undergoing rapid development in the early Twentieth century. However, many of the early researchers in these sciences were also eugenicists. With the rise of behaviourism and the reaction against eugenics in the 1930s,...

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Main Author: Gillette, Aaron (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology.
Subjects:
History.
Biological Psychology.
Cultural History.
European History.
History of Science.
Modern History.
US History.
Civilization > History.
History, Modern.
Psychobiology.
Europe > History.
United States > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Gillette shows that the sciences of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology were undergoing rapid development in the early Twentieth century. However, many of the early researchers in these sciences were also eugenicists. With the rise of behaviourism and the reaction against eugenics in the 1930s, any scientific claims that behaviour might be influenced by heredity were suppressed for ideological reasons.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages)
ISBN:9780230608900
DOI:10.1057/9780230608900