GENETICS
SECOND OF A SERIES ON BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR
BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR
Genetics Proceedings of a conference under the auspices of Russell Sage Foundation, the Social Science
Research Council, and The Rockefeller University David C.Glass, Editor
PUBLISHED BY The Rockefeller University Press AND Russell Sage Foundation NEW YORK 1968
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1968
BY THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY PRESS AND RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION SECOND PRINTING
1970
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
68-24635
Preface CONTEMPORARY social scientists no longer adhere to a simplistic environmental determinism, just as contemporary biologists no longer embrace a genetic determinism. In both fields there is increasing recognition of the importance of an interaction between the organism and the environment. Neither the genetic parameter nor the environmental parameter alone can account for more than a portion of behavioral variability. With the development of this interactional approach, a revitalized interest in the genetic basis of social behavior has been witnessed. On November 18-19, 1966, Russell Sage Foundation and The Rockefeller University, in collaboration with the Social Science Research Council, sponsored a conference on genetics and behavior in Caspary Auditorium on the Rockefeller campus in New York City. The organization of the meeting was guided by the premise that recent advances in genetics portend serious social, ethical, and legal consequences. It is important that both biological and social scientists study these consequences. Social scientists, in particular, are equipped by training and are implicitly committed to make substantial contributions i