Gerald E. McClearn
Gerald E. McClearn | |
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| Born | Gerald Eugene McClearn July 28, 1927 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin Allegheny College |
| Awards | Dobzhansky Award (1989) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology Behavioral genetics |
| Institutions | Pennsylvania State University University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Thesis | An analysis of differentiation learning by monkeys (1954) |
Gerald E. McClearn (born July 28, 1927) is an American behavior geneticist and professor emeritus of health and human development and biobehavioral health at the Pennsylvania State University.[1]
Career
McClearn founded the Institute for Behavioral Genetics at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1966 and was an early member of the Behavior Genetics Association, becoming one of its first presidents in 1974.[2][3]
Selected works
Books
- Gerald E. McClearn; John C. DeFries (1973). Introduction to Behavioral Genetics. San Francisco, CA: Freeman and Company.
- Robert Plomin; John C. DeFries; Gerald E. McClearn (1980). Behavioral Genetics: A Primer. San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman.
- Robert Plomin; Gerald E. McClearn, eds. (1993). Nature, Nurture, and Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
References
- ^ "Gerald McClearn to Retire After 30 Years in HHD". news.psu.edu. The Pennsylvania State University. October 24, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ^ Vogler, George P. (2010). "Gerald E. McClearn: Complexity in Behavior Genetics". Behavior Genetics. 40 (6): 735–736. doi:10.1007/s10519-010-9411-8. ISSN 0001-8244.
- ^ "Historical table of BGA Meetings". bga.org. Behavior Genetics Association. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
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