Table of Contents
Preface 1
Introduction 3
Chapter 1 The Real Reasons Children are Like their Parents 13
Chapter 2 Why was Peaches Geldof so Like her Mother? 39
Chapter 3 Not in Your Genes 61
Chapter 4 Maltreatment and Love (Why Siblings are so Different, Pt 1) 75
Chapter 5 Your Role in the Family Drama (Why Siblings are so Different, Pt 2) 111
Chapter 6 Why Traits Run in Families 141
Chapter 7 The Real Causes of Ability 165
Conclusion: It's the Environment, Stupid! 211
Appendix 1 Not in Your Genes: Time to Accept the Null Hypothesis of the Human Genome Project? 217
Appendix 2 Twin Studies: A Discredited Method 243
Appendix 3 The Fatal Flaws of the Minnesota Twins Reared Apart Study 251
Appendix 4 The Perils of Geneticism: The Advantages of Believing in a Flexible Psychology 257
Endnotes 267
References 293
Acknowledgements 331
Index 333
