Robert Plomin

Robert Plomin

Robert Plomin (1948 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American psychologist best known for his work in twin studies and behavior genetics. Plomin has made two of the most important discoveries in that field. First, he has shown the importance of non-shared environment, a term that he coined to refer to the environmental reasons why children growing up in the same family are so different. Second, he has shown that many environmental measures in psychology show genetic influence and that genetic factors can mediate associations between environmental measures and developmental outcomes.

He earned a B.A. in Psychology from DePaul University in 1970 and a Ph.D. in Psychology in 1974 from the University of Texas, Austin. He then worked at the Institute for Behavioural Genetics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. From 1986 until 1994 he worked at Pennsylvania State University studying elderly twins reared apart and twins reared together to study aging and is currently at King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry.

Plomin is currently conducting the Twins Early Development Study ( [http://www.teds.ac.uk/ TEDS] ) of all twins born in England from 1994 to 1996, focusing on developmental delays in early childhood and their association with behavioural problems. Ghosh, Pallab (8 August, 2000). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/850358.stm Genius of genes.] "BBC News"]

He has been president of the Behavior Genetics Association. In 1994 he was one of 52 signatories on "Mainstream Science on Intelligence," an editorial written by Linda Gottfredson and published in the "Wall Street Journal", which defended the findings on race and intelligence in "The Bell Curve". Gottfredson, Linda (December 13, 1994). Mainstream Science on Intelligence. "Wall Street Journal", p A18.]

His most recent books are "Behavioral Genetics in the Postgenomic Era" (Washington, DC: APA Books, 2003) and "Behavioral Genetics" (4th edition, New York: Worth Publishers, 2001).

References

External links

* [http://www.robertplomin.com/ Robert Plomin website]
* [http://www.psychologicalscience.org/awards/james/citations/plomin.cfm William James Fellow Award citation]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Mainstream Science on Intelligence — The article as it appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday December 13, 1994 Mainstream Science on Intelligence was a public statement issued by a group of academic researchers in fields allied to intelligence testing that claimed to… …   Wikipedia

  • Heritability of IQ — Study of the heritability of IQ is a controversial field of research that includes biology, psychology, philosophy, sociology and anthropology. Heritability is a measure of the contribution of genes to the variation of a phenotype on a given… …   Wikipedia

  • Self-concept — Self construction redirects here. For other uses, see Self construction (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Self awareness, Self consciousness, Self image, or Self perception. Contents 1 Overview 2 A Brief History 3 Academic Self …   Wikipedia

  • Reprogenetics — is a term referring to the merging of reproductive and genetic technologies expected to happen in the near future as techniques like germinal choice technology become more available and more powerful. The term was coined by Lee M. Silver, a… …   Wikipedia

  • Race and intelligence — Human intelligence Abilities and Traits …   Wikipedia

  • Sex and psychology — This article is about psychology and the male and female biological sexes. For information about human sexual perceptions, see Human sexuality. Research on sex and psychology investigates cognitive and behavioral differences between men and women …   Wikipedia

  • Peter McGuffin — is a psychiatric geneticist from Belfast, Northern Ireland.After emigrating with his parents at aged 10 to the Isle of Wight, he first decided that he wanted to be a psychiatrist at the age of 16 after coming across Freud’s Introductory Lectures… …   Wikipedia

  • List of psychologists — This list includes notable psychologists and contributors to psychology, some of whom may not have thought of themselves primarily as psychologists but are included here because of their important contributions to the discipline.Specialized lists …   Wikipedia

  • Psicólogos notables — Anexo:Psicólogos notables Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Contenido 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D …   Wikipedia Español

  • Anexo:Psicólogos notables — Contenido 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”