Human diversity : the biology of gender, race, and class /
All people are equal but, as Human Diversity explores, all groups of people are not the same, a fascinating investigation of the genetics and neuroscience of human differences. The thesis of Human Diversity is that advances in genetics and neuroscience are overthrowing an intellectual orthodoxy that...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Twelve,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- "Gender is a social construct." A framework for thinking about sex differences
- Sex differences in personality
- Sex differences in neurocognitive functioning
- Sex differences in educational and vocational choices
- Sex differences in the brain
- "Race is a social construct." A framework for thinking about race differences
- Genetic distinctiveness among ancestral populations
- Evolution since humans left Africa
- The landscape of ancestral population differences
- "Class is a function of privilege." A framework for thinking about heritability and class
- The ubiquity of heritability and the small role of the shared environment
- Abilities, personality, and success
- Constraints and potentials
- Looking ahead. The shape of the revolution
- Reflections and speculations.