Human diversity : its nature, extent, causes and effects on people /

"Human diversity, with its myriad of different conditions involving biology, psychology, and social structures, remains one of the biggest challenges -- and opportunities -- facing the species. With many government and private firms now having diversity or equality officers, programmes or commi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lamb, Bernard Charles
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Jersey : World Scientific, 2015.
Temas:
Ethnopsychology.
Human genetics.
Nature and nurture.
Race.
Ethnopsychology
Racial Groups.
Ethnopsychologie.
Génétique humaine.
Hérédité et milieu.
ethnopsychology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction : scope of the book; types of human difference and their causes
  • Plates
  • Races and inter-mixing, nationalities, cultures, castes, classes and religions
  • Height, weight, shape and obesity
  • Differences between males and females; reproduction and its production of genetic diversity
  • Personal choice, including cosmetic and preventative surgery, clothing and make-up
  • A rich but frustrating diversity of languages
  • Names and identity
  • Albinos, colour-blindness and height: how human characteristics are inherited
  • The brain, nerves, intelligence, mind, personality, mental problems, learning, memory, creativity, happiness
  • Sex, attraction, reproduction, twins, incest
  • Chapter 11.diseases, disorders, immunity, cancer
  • Eating, drinking, diet, digestion, liver, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, allergies, food intolerances, anorexia
  • Skin, skin colour and disorders
  • The skeleton, muscles; osteoporosis, me, motor neurone disease, muscular dystrophy
  • Head, face, eyes, ears, sight, hearing, smell, taste
  • Chapter 16.the heart; heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure
  • Chapter 17.blood, blood groups; anaemia, haemophilia, leukaemia and other blood disorders
  • Arms, legs, giants, dwarfs, arthritis, left-handedness
  • Kidneys, urine, bladder, cystitis, police alcohol tests
  • Lungs, breathing, asthma
  • Chapter 21.development from the fertilised egg; sexual and later development
  • Chapter 22.longevity, ageing, birth and deathrates, immigration, population structure
  • Chapter 23.abnormalities of sex chromosomes and autosomes, down syndrome, barr bodies
  • Chapter 24.opinions on the national characteristics of the chinese, japanese and english.

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