Which has the most influence on human behavior: nature or nurture? What's Normal? demonstrates that both biology and culture have varying degrees of power in different situations. Through case studies of human universals such as incest aversion, fear, appetite, grief, and sex, Allan Horwitz discusses the extreme instances where biology determines behavior, where culture dominates, and where culture overrides basic biological instincts. Horwitz then reveals the variety of ways in which genes and environments interact, ...
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Which has the most influence on human behavior: nature or nurture? What's Normal? demonstrates that both biology and culture have varying degrees of power in different situations. Through case studies of human universals such as incest aversion, fear, appetite, grief, and sex, Allan Horwitz discusses the extreme instances where biology determines behavior, where culture dominates, and where culture overrides basic biological instincts. Horwitz then reveals the variety of ways in which genes and environments interact, providing an accessible guide to understanding the social and biological bases of human behavior.
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