TY - BOOK AU - Plomin, Robert TI - Blueprint SN - 9780141984261 PY - 2018/// CY - PB - The MIT Press KW - QH BIOLOGY (GENERAL) KW - Behavior KW - DNA KW - Human genetics Social aspects KW - Genetics KW - Life sciences KW - Behavioral Genetics KW - 42.20 (biology N1 - how DNA makes us who we are; Prologue; Part One. Why DNA matters. Disentangling nature and nurture--; How do we know that DNA makes us who we are?--; The nature of nurture--; DNA matters more as time goes by--; Abnormal is normal--; Generalist genes--; Why children in the same family are so different--; The DNA blueprint--; Equal opportunity and meritocracy--; Part Two. The DNA revolution. DNA : The basics--; Gene-hunting--; The DNA fortune teller--; Predicting who we are--; Our future is DNA--; Epilogue.-- N2 - In 'Blueprint', behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses from birth. A century of genetic research shows that DNA differences inherited from our parents are the consistent lifelong sources of our psychological individuality--the blueprint that makes us who we are. This, says Plomin, is a game-changer. It calls for a radical rethinking of what makes us who were are ER -