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Mean genes : from sex to money to food, taming our primal instincts
- Title
- Mean genes : from sex to money to food, taming our primal instincts / Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan.
- Author
- Burnham, Terry.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Pub., ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | BF701 .B870 2000 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Phelan, Jay.
- Description
- 263 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Explains the genetic role behind "modern" problems such as thrill-seeking, infidelity, eating disorders, and addiction.
- Subject
- Self-management (Psychology)
- Self-help techniques
- Genetic psychology
- Behavior genetics
- Medical genetics
- Evolution (Biology)
- Genetics, Behavioral
- Genetics, Medical
- Biological Evolution
- evolution
- Medical genetics
- Behavior genetics
- Genetic psychology
- Self-help techniques
- Evolutionary psychology
- Instincten
- Zelfhulptechnieken
- Genre/Form
- Popular works.
- Popular works
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Our toughest battles are with ourselves -- Thin wallets and fat bodies -- Constant cravings -- Romance and reproduction -- Family, friends, and foes -- Conclusion: Surviving desire.
- ISBN
- 0738202304
- 9780738202303
- LCCN
- 00105183
- OCLC
- ocm44881433
- 44881433
- SCSB-9520766
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library