Word: spuhler
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...traits is essentially spurious. We can show that genetic (as well as environmental) factors regulate hormone production, and that hormones in turn influence mating and dominance. But our effort to distinguish a behavioral and a non-behavioral part of this chain does not reflect a real ontological distinction. As Spuhler (1968) correctly observes, "In some sense, most, if not all, of the many thousands of loci in the human genome are concerned with behavior." 7 Rather, the distinction between behavioral and non-behavioral traits reflects a naive, dichotomous perception of mind and body. Thus the contention of Wilson's critics...
...Spuhler, "Sociocultural and Biological Inheritance in Genetics: Biology and Behavior Series, Rockefeller University Press. New York...