The Growing Human Nature Bibliography...
A Gia-Pet watered by students of this study
(Many of these references can be found in the books section of Amazon.com, others through databases and the University Library; comments are from the contributor) Last update: June 5, 2008

Ackerman, J. (2001) Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity. New York: Houghton Mifflin, Co.

Aerts, D.; Mathijs, Ernest; and Mosselman, Bert. (December 31, 1899) Science and Art: The Red Book of 'Einstein Meets Margritte' (Einstein meets Margritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Mature, Art, Human Action and Society). Springer, 1st Edition.

Adler, A. (1992) Adler -- Understanding Human Nature. New York: OneWorld Publications.

Adler, A. & Brett, C. (1998). Understanding Human Nature. Center City: Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services

Aesop (exact dates unknown). Aesop’s Fables. Multiple publishers

"Cloaked in animal stories and, often, silly situations, this was my first exposure to a literary approach to human nature, as it is for many. These tales have stood the test of time because they are digestible vignettes that ease one into learning."

Alcock, J. (2001) The Triumph of Sociobiology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Alexander A. (Ed.). (1985). Human Nature, Darwin's View. New York: Columbia University Press.

Allen, James. (1992). As A Man Thinketh. New York: Barnes & Noble

Allison, D. & Faith, M., 2000: “Genetic and environmental influences on human body weight: Implications for the behavior therapist” Nutrition Today 35 No 1 18-21 Ja/F

Anagnostaras, S., Craske, M., & Fanselow, M. (1999, September). Anxiety: at the intersection of genes and experience. Nature Neuroscience, 2(9), 780.

Andrews, L. W. Intelligence. (2003) New York: Franklin Watts.

This book focuses on the theories of intelligence as well as newly understood genetic factors and the influence of nurture on intelligence.

Andrews, L.B., Fullerton, J.E., Holtzman, N.A., Motulsky, A. (1994) Assessing Genetic Risks. Academy Press.

Annas, George J. (2006)"Intelligent judging - evolution in the classroom and the courtroom." The New Engl. J. of Medicine 354: 2277.

Archibald, W. (1943). Marx and the Missing Link: Human Nature. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press International.

Arcos, B. et al. (2004). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a population isolate:
linkage to loci at 4q13.2, 5q33.3, 11q22, and 17p11. American Journal of Human Genetics (75)6 998-1015. Retrievable from DePaul Libraries.

Arnhart, L. Darwinian natural right: The biological ethics of human nature. (1998) State University of New York Press, NY.

Arnheim, Rudolf. (1974) Art and Visual Perception: A Pyschology of the Creative Eye. Los Angeles: University of California Press.

Arnold, Roger. (2005) Microeconomics 7th Edition. Mason, Ohio: Thomson South Western.

Asthma Research Website. National Institutes of Health. http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/Newsroom

Avise, J. (1998) The Genetic Gods: Evolution and Belief in Human Affairs. Cambridge: Harvard Press.

Bad Brain Chemistry Triggers Violence. USA Today. (2002) Vol. 131. p9

Baillie, H.W. and Casey, T. (2005) Is human nature obsolete? Genetics bioengineering, and the future of humans. MIT Press.

Baily, Ronald; Gillespie, Nick; Biology vs. the Blank Slate, Reason, Oct 2002, Vol. 34 Issue 5, p48. An interview with Steven Pinker on myths about the human mind.

Bandelow, B., Torrente, A., Wedekind, D., Broocks, A., Hajak, G., & Rüther, E. (2004). Early traumatic life events, parental rearing styles, family history of mental disorders, and birth risk factors in patients with social anxiety disorder. European Archives of Psychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience, 254(6), 397-405.

Basic Information on Genes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/genes/basics

Barnes, K.C. (2000) Atopy and asthma genes - where do we stand? Allergy 55:803-817.

Barron-Tieger Tieger, Paul D. (1997)Nurture By Nature:Understand Your Child's Personality Type - and Be a Better Parent. Little Brown & Company.

Bates, B. & Cleese, J. (2001). The Human Face. London: BBC Worldwide Limited

Bateson, P. P. G. (2000) Design for a Life: How Behavior and Personality Develop. New York: Simon & Schuster.


Baumeister, Roy F. & Bushman, Brad J. (2007). Social Psychology and Human Nature. Wadsworth Publishing

Bayertz, K. Human Nature: How normative might it be? (2003) The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. 28: 131).

Begley, Sharon. Rodgers, Adam. Newsweek.(1999) Vol. 133

Bender, D. L. and Leone, B. (1983) War and Human Nature. St. Paul: Greenhaven Press.

Berkeley, G. (1998) A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. New York: Oxford Press.

Bettelheim, Adriel. (4/3/98) Biology and Behavior. CQ Researcher. Vol 8. Issue 13 p289

Biafra, Jello. Spoken word albums. [Spoken word albums]

Bilger, B. “The Height Gap”, New Yorker magazine, April 5, 2004
URL: http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?fact/040405fa_fact

Bjerklie et al, 2002: “Cracking the fat riddle” TIME 160 No 10 46-53 S2

Bjorklund, David F. And Pellegrini, Anthony D. (December 15, 2001) Origins of Human Nature: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology (Hardcover). American Psychological Association (APA); 1st edition.

Bower, B. Fifth obesity gene found in mice (the mutated gene 'tubby' found in obese mice)(Brief Article), Science News April 27, 1996 volume 149, number 17 page 269

Boyd, R. and Richerson, P. (2005) The Origin and Evolution of Cultures (Evolution and Cognition). Oxford Unviversity Press. (A compilation of twenty articles addressing the beginnings of evolution and culture built on two ideas: to understand human culture, one must first understand the nature of culture; and, 'culture is part of biology: the capacity to acquire and transmit culture is a derived component of human psychology and the contents of culture are deeply intertwined with our biology.")

Boyd, R. and Richerson, P. (2004) Not By Genes Alone. University of Chicago Press. (Addresses the linking of culture and biology.)

Boyd, R. and Richerson, P.J. (2001) Built for Speed, Not for Comfort: Darwinism Theory and Human Culture. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, v23: 423-463. (An exploration of Darwin's theory of evolution and its misinterpretations. Authors account for gene-culture interaction and the fine balance of both factors as displayed in our modern culture.)

Boyd, R. and Richerson, P.J. (1995) Why does culture increase human adaptability? Ethology and Sociobiology 16:125-143. (Discusses relationship between culture and learning inheritability)

Bradshaw, J. (1988) Bradshaw on the Family: A Revolutionary Way of Self-Discovery. Pompano Beach, FL: Health Communications.

Bradly, H. Genetics and Racism: The Troubled Helix. Social and psychological implications of the new human genetics

Bredart, S. and French. R. M. (1999) Do babies resemble their fathers more than their mothers? Evolution and Human Behavior 20: 129-135.

Brown, D. (1999)

Brown, K. (2003). New attention to adhd genes. Science (301)5630 160-162.

Brown University Child & Adolescent Behavior Letter. (2001). A review: The search for
a genetic basis for ADHD simplified. Retrievable from DePaul Libraries

Buller, D. (2005) Adapting Minds: Evolutionary Psychology and the Persistent Quest for Human Nature. The MIT Press. (Rejects claims of evolutionary psychology and says, 'we cannot apply evolutionary theory to human psychology" and "that the conventional wisdom in evolutionary psychology is misguided.)

Cabisco Teleproductions (1992). "Map of Life: Science, Society, and the Human Genome Project, " Carolina Biological Supply Co.

Cacioppo, JT, Berntson, GG, Sheridan, JF, and McClintock, MK (2000) Multilevel integrative analyses of human behavior: social neuroscience and the complementing nature of social and biological approaches. Psych. Bulletin 126: 829-843.

Cadoret, Remi J. et. al. The Developmental Interface Between Nature and Nurture: A Mutual Influence of Child Antisocial Behavior and Parent Behavior. Developmental Psychology vo. 32 No. 4 Pps 574-589 1996.

Campbell, Joseph. The Power of Myth. New York: Doubleday, 1994. ISBN 0-385-41886-8

Joseph Campbell uses myths to demonstrate the timeless, universal pull of human nature. His writings on the internal yearning one feels for fulfillment are quite eloquent and speak to many. George Lucas of Star Wars fame is a huge fan of Joseph Campbell, and Star Wars is a good example of Campbell’s mythical archetypes.

Cameron, J. (1998)The Right to Write. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/ Putnam.

This is a wonderfully written book about writing, which, according to the author, is a behavior that is part of our human nature that many of us ignore.

Carey, G. (1990, July). Genes, Fears, Phobias, and Phobic Disorders. Journal of Counseling & Development, 68(6), 628.

Carroll, Joseph (2004). Literary Darwinism: Evolution, Human Nature, and Literature. Taylor & Francis Books, Inc.

 

Cashman, K., (2003). Awakening the Leader Within; A Story of Transformation. New Jersey, John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-27319-8

Don’t let the title fool you. This book is all about human nature, and how it molds us to be who we are, in both good ways and bad.

Caspi, A., Sugden, K., Moffitt, Taylor, T., Craig, I.W., McClay, J., Mill, J., Martin, J., Braithwaite, A., Poulton, R. (2003). Influence of life stress on depression: moderation by a polymorphism in the 5-HTT gene [Electronic version]. Science Magazine, 301 (5631).

Important study identifying defective gene which, along with stress, can cause depression.

Ceci, S.J., and Williams, W. (eds) (1997) The Nature-Nurture Debate: The essential readings (Essential readings in developmental psychology). UK: Blackwell Publishers.

Changeuz, J-P and Riccon, P. (2000) What makes us think? Princeton University PRess, New Jersey.

Chomsky, Noam, Foucault, Michel, & Rajchman, John (2006). The Chomsky-Foucalt Debate: On Human Nature. New Press

Clark, M.E. (2002) In search of human nature. New York: Routledge.

Claybourne, A. (2003) Introduction to genes and DNA. Usborne Publishing Ltd., London. (..directed to children but useful for basics)

Clement, Pierre; Forissier, Thomas. Teaching Biological Identity as Genome/Environment Interactions. Journal of Biological Education. 2003

Cohen, D.B. (1999) Stranger in the Nest: Do Parents Really Shape Their Child’s Personality, Intelligence and Character? New York: J. Wiley & Sons.

Cohen, P. (2003, September 27). Same genes behind different disorders. New Scientist, 179(2414), 19-19.

Coll, Cynthia G. & Bearer, Elaine L. (2003). Nature and Nurture: The Complex Interplay of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Human Behavior and Development. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Collins, Francis S. Heredity and Humanity. The New Republican v. 224 no. 26. pps 27-29. June 25, 2000.

Conroy, Pat (1987) The Prince of Tides. Bantam Books, reissue edition

Cooke, Brett (2002) Human Nature in Utopia: Zamyatin's We. Northwestern University Press.

Cookson, W.O.C. (2002) Asthma genetics. Chest 121: 7S-13S.

Corradini, A. (2003) On the Normativity of Human Nature: Some Epistemological Remarks. Journal of Medicine & Philosophy. Vol. 28 Issue 2, p239.

Cosenzar, R., M., M.D., PhD. (2002). Spirits, brains, and minds: The historical evolution of concepts on the mind. Brain and Mind Magazine.
Retrieved May 4, 2005, from http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n16/history/mind-history_i.html

Corning, P. Nature’s Magic: Synergy in Evolution and the Fate of Humankind. ew York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Cummings, D. & Schwartz, M., 2002: “Genetics and pathophysiology of human obesity” Reviews in Advance Oct 24 Annu.Med.Rev 54:453-71.

Cosmides, L. and Tooby, J. Evolutionary Psychology: A primer. http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/research/cep/primer.html

Dalai Lama. On the Luminosity of Being. (2003) New Scientist. 178: 42.

Damasio, Antonio (2003) Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain. Harcourt.

Davies, K. "Nature vs. Nurture Revisited." NOVA Online. PBS www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome/debate.html

Davies, Paul (1983) God and the New Physics. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Dawkins, R. (2004) The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution. Houghton Mifflin.

DeBecker, G. (2000) Protecting the Gift. Dell.

Degler, C.N. (1991) In Search of Human Nature -- The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought. New York: Oxford University Press.

Dennett, Daniel C. (1981) Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology. MIT Press

Dennett, Daniel C. (2003)Freedom Evolves. Viking Press.

Dewey, J. (1933) How We Think. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co.

Diamond, J. (1993) Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal. Harper Perennial.

Diamond, Louise. The Peace Book... simple ways to create a more peaceful world.

Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind. (2005). Retrieved May 4, 2005, from http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/imagination.html

"Do Genes Dictate Behavior?" USA Today Vol. 129 No. 2671. April 4, 2001.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Constance Garnett Bantam Classics; reissue edition (July 1, 1984)

Dunbar, R., Knight, C., Power, C. (eds) (1999) The Evolution of Culture: An interdisciplinary view. Rutgers University Press.

Earl, M.K. "Nature vs. nurture: how much free will do we really have? Trinity University. www.trinity.edu/mkearl/socpsy-2.html

Ehrlich, Paul R. (2001). Human natures: genes, cultures, and the human prospect. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change and Human Society (2002) Andrew S. Goudie, editor-in-chief. Oxford University Press.

Epigenetics: A web tour. Science Magazine Online. http://sciencemag.org/feature/plu/sfg/resouces/res_epigenetics.shtml

Epigenetic Inheritance. Wikipedia. Wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetic_inheritance

Epigenetics? This website is brought to you by The Epigenome Network of Excellence, a European research network dedicated to supporting high caliber science in the rapidly expanding field of epigenetics.
http://www.epigenome.eu/

What is Epigenetics? http://www.epigenome.eu/en/1,1,0

Evans, Dylan (2000). Introducing Evolutionary Psychology. Totem Books.

Flanagan, O. The Colour of Happiness. (2003) New Scientist. 178: 44.

Francis, R.C. Why Men Won't Ask for Directions: The Seductions of Sociobiology. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004.

French, Fred. Revisiting Nature vs Nurture: Implications for the Teaching/Learning Process. Education Canada v. 43 no. 2 pps 20-23. Spring 2003

Fromm, E. (1992) The Art of Being. New York: Continuum Publishing Co.

Fukuyama, Francis (1999) The Great Disruption: Human nature and the reconstitution of the social order. London Free Press.

Fullerton, J. (2006, January). New Approaches to the Genetic Analysis of Neuroticism and Anxiety. Behavior Genetics, 36(1), 147-161.

Galatzer-Levy, J. (2003) "Asthma's ground zero." Chicago Tribune Magazine, April 27, pp 10-15; 28-34.

Gallagher, W. (1993). I.D. How heredity and experience make you who you are. New York: Random House, Inc.

Good, informative book with a lot of information regarding the gene-environment interaction.

Gee, H. (2004) Jacob's ladder: The history of the human genome. W.W. Norton and Co.

Genetic research from around the world. http://www.nationaljewish.org/scientific2.html

Gil-WHite, FJ (2001) Are ethnic groups biological 'species' to the human brain? Essentialism in our cognition of some social categories. Current Anthropology 42: 515-544.

Glass, Julia. (D1999/Ja 2002) Nature Vs. Nurture. Parenting. Vol 13 no 10 p156

Golding, William G. (1959) Lord of the Flies: A Novel. Perigee

Goldsmith, Timothy H. (2001). Biology, evolution and human nature. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Goodman, Susan E. (2003) Nature Did It First! Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press.

This is a great books for kids as well as adults, using photographs to show the connections between nature and humans with regard to origins of man’s inventions

Gordon, M. (1978) Human Nature, class, and ethnicity. New York: Oxford University Press.

Gorman, C., Park, A., Whitaker, L., & Cray, D. (2002, August 26). THE SCIENCE OF ANXIETY. (Cover story). Time Europe, 160(9), 46.

Grabhorn, Lynn (2000) Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting : The Astonishing Power of Feelings. Hampton Roads Pub Co

Grant, S. R. (1996) DNA and Destiny: Nature and nurture in human behavior. New York: Plenum Press.

Gray, Henry (1985) Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (30th Edition). Carmine D. Clemente (Editor); Lea & Febiger

Greenberg, G. (2005) "The limitations of behavior-genetic analyses: comment on McGue, Elkins, Walden, and Iacono. Devel. Psych 41: 989.

Gross, P.R, (2001) "Human nature after Darwin." The Wilson Quarterly, vol. 25, Summer.

Guttman, H.A. (2002) The epigenesis of the family system as a context for individual development. Family Process, Fall.

Haberman, D. L. (1998) Ten Theories of Human Nature, Oxford Unviersity Press, New York.

Hallward, J. (1961) Gimme!: the human nature of successful marketing. Hoboken, N.J.:John Wiley & Sons.

Harder, B. (2004). Nature reduces kids' signs of attention disorder. Science News (166)12 190.

Harrel, Margaret A. (March 30, 2005) Toward a Philosophy of Perception: The Magnitude of Human Potential-- Cloud Optics. Authorhouse.

Harris, Judith. (1998). The nurture assumption: why children turn out the way they do. New York: The Free Press.

Harris, Judith Rich. The Nurture Assumption Home Page. http://home.att.net/~xchar/tna/

Harris, Judith Rich (2007). No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality. New York: W.W. Norton & Company

Harris, Thomas. (2000) Red Dragon. Dell Pub Co; reissue

Hauser, Marc. (August 22, 2006) Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong. Ecco.

Hemingway, E. The Old Man and The Sea.

Hesse, H. (1929, reprint 2002). Steppenwolf. Picador Publishing.

Hettema, J. (1995). Personality and depression: A multilevel perspective. [Electronic version]. European Journal of Personality, 9 , (401-412).

Hettema, J., An, S., Neale, M., Bukszar, J., van den Oord, E., Kendler, K., et al. (2006, August). Association between glutamic acid decarboxylase genes and anxiety disorders, major depression, and neuroticism. Molecular Psychiatry, 11(8), 752-762.

Heyd, D. (2003) Human Nature: An oxymoron? David Heyd. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 28: 151.

Heylighen, Francis; (1991) A Cognitive-Systemic Reconstruction of maslow's Theory of Self-Actualization, PESP, Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brossels, Belgium

“A Congnitive-Ssystemic Reconstruction of Maslow's Theory of Self-Acutalization” Behavioral Science, Jan92, Vol. 37, Issue 1

Hill, Debra & Obst, Lynda. (producers). Gilliam, Terry (director). LaGravanese, Richard (writer). (1991). The Fisher King. (1991). [Videorecording]. Burbank, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video.

Hoffer, Erik. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements.

Hoffjan, S, Nicolae, D., and Ober, C. (2003) Association studies for asthma and atopic diseases: A comprehensive review of the literature. Respiratory Research Vol. 4, Issue 14.

Holy Bible: King James Version by World Bible PublishingWorld Bible Pub Co; (June 1989)

Hornby, N. (1995) High Fidelity. Penguin Putnam Publishing.

Hubbard, R. and Wald, E. (1992) Exploring the Gene Myth. Beacon Press.

Human Nature: An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective
An online subscription journal that, as its title suggests, contains academic writings relevant to an understanding of human nature. Examples: “Humor and Sexual Selection”, “The Small World of Shakespeare’s Plays”. URL: www.archaeoworld.com/journals/humanNature/

The Human Nature Review (http://www.human-nature.com)

Human Nature: A critical reader. (1996) ISBN: 019509865X

Human Nurturome Project. The Nurturome Breakthrough. http://www.nurturome. com/pages/1/index.htm (Accessed June 1, 2004)

Hume, D. A Treatise of Human Nature. A free downloadable copy is available from the Project Gutenberg web site: http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/4705

Hundert, E. M. (1995) Lessons from an Optical Illusion: On nature and nurture, knowledge and values. Cambridge: Harvard University.

Irving, John. A Pray for Owen Meany.

Jackednorff, R. (1994) Patterns in the mind: Language and human nature. New York, Basic Books.

Jung, C. 1932 article on Picasso. (2005). Retrieved on May 26, 2005, from http://web.org.uk/picasso/jung_article.html

Jung, E. (1957) Animus and Anima. Dallas, TX: Spring Publications.

Kagan, J. (1994) Galen’s Prophecy: Temperament in Human Nature. New York: Basic Books.

Kagan, J. (2004). The uniquely human in human nature. Daedalus, Vol. 133, (4), pp77-89.

Article that talks about the similarities of human and chimpanzee infants, but also what makes us so different.

Kane. H. (2001). Triumph of the Mundane: The unseen trends that shape our lives and environment. Washington, D.C.: Island Press

Kaplan, A. (2004). Exploring the Gene-Environment Nexus in Anorexia, Bulimia. Psychiatric Times, August, Vol. 21, Issue 9.

Good article exploring the interaction of gene-environment on an eating disorder. Gives evidence of a good study as well.

Katz, F.E. (1999) Immediacy -- How Our World Confronts Us and How We Confront Our World. Pentland Press, Inc.

Kendler, K.S., Karkowski, L.M., Prescott, C.A. (1999). Casual relationship between stressful life events and the onset of major depression [Electronic version]. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 837-841.

Kennair, L. E. O. (2002). Human Nature and the Limits of Blank Slateism. Human Nature Review. 2: 483-491. Human Nature Review Web site

Kerouac, Jack (1957) On the road. Penguin Putnam Publishing.

Kessler, R.C. (1997). The effects of stressful life events on depression [Electronic version]. Annual Review Psychology, 48, 191-214.

Kevles, D. (1985) In the Name of Eugenics -- Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Kilmartin, C. (2007) The masculine self. Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY: Sloan Publishing.

King, M.L. (1963) Strength to Love. http://www.quotationspae.com/quotes/Martin_luther_King_Jr./11

Kitcher, P. (2003) In Mendel's Mirror: Philosophical reflections on biology.

Knight, C. and Kriegman, D. (2000) Social evolution, psychoanalysis, and human nature. Social Policy, Fall 1988: 49-55. http://www.comw.org/socbio899.html (Retrieved 11/12/04).

Koch, C. (2004) The uestion for consciousness: A nuerobiological approach. Roberts & Company.

Kolbe, K. (1990) The Conative Connection. New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing.

Korzybski, Alred (January 2004) Manhood of Humanity: The Science and Art of Human Engineering. Kessinger Publishing.

Krakauer, Jon (1997) Into the Wild. Anchor Publishing.

Laland, K. N. and Brown, G. R. (2002) Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary perspectives on human behavior. Oxford University Press.

Lau, D.C. (1979) Confucius: The analects. London: Penguin Press.

Lau, S. Sengler, C., et al. (2001) Interactions between genes and environmental factors in asthma and atopy: new developments. Respiratory Research, Volume 3, Issue 7.

Lawrence, P. & Nohria, N. (2002). Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

Leach, M. (1980) Marx and Freud: conceptions of human nature.

(thesis/dissertation: Thesis (M.A.)-- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1980).

Leaky, R. & Lewin, R.(1992). Origins Reconsidered: In search of what makes us human. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.

Leaky, R. & Lewin, R. (1995). The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of life and the future of humankind. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.

Ledoux, Joseph (2000) Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are. Viking Press. Lightman, Alan P. (1994) Einstein's Dreams. Warner Books, reprint edition

Lee, Harper To Kill A Mockingbird.

Lemonick, M.D. (2002)"What makes us do it? Genes don't ge enough respect." Time Magazine. October 28.

Lenorman, T. (2002) Gene flow and the limits to natural selection. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17: 183-189.

Lesch, K.P. (2004). Gene-environment interaction and the genetics of depression [Electronic version]. Journal of Psychiatry Neuroscience, 29 (3). 174-184.

Levin, M. (1997) Why Race Matters: Race differences and what they mean.

Levinson, S. (ed.) Evolution and Culture. Cambridge: MIT Press. Collection of discussions that explore the outward characteristics of genetic make-up in society.

Levy, Neil. (August 25, 2004) What makes Us Moral? : Crossing the Boundaries of Biology. Oneworld Publications.

Lewontin, R.C., Rose, S., Kamin, L.J. (1984) Not in our genes - biology, ideology, and human nature. New York: Pantheon Books.

Lichtenstein, P., & Annas, P. (2000, October). Heritability and Prevalence of Specific Fears and Phobias in Childhood. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry & Allied Disciplines, 41(7), 927.

Liedloff, Jean. The Continuum Concept.

Long before the deay of the "Baby Bjorn," there was Jean Liedloff exploring cultures in which mothers carried their children throughout the day. A must read for anyone carrying their baby around in a sling.

Linden, D. (2005). A brief neuroscience history about the brain and mind. Retrieved on May 5, 2005, from http://departments.oxy.edu/cogsci/courses/2000/cs101/lecture- notes/linden/neurohist.htm

Lippa, Richard A. (2002) Gender Nature and Nurture. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum.

Livingston Smith, David (July 1, 2004) Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind. St. Martin's Press.

Low, Bobbi S. (2000) Why Sex Matters: A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Lykken, D. (1999) Happiness: The Nature and Nurture of Joy and Contentment. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Mackoff, B. (1996) Growing a Girl. Dell Publishing.

Mae-Wan Ho, 1998:” Evolution - Comparative Psychology”, a Handbook, (G. Greenberg and M. M. Haraway, eds.), pp. 107-119, Garland Publishing, 1998

Maes, H.H., Neale, M.C. Eaves, L.J., Genetic and environmental factors in relative body weight and human adiposity, Behavioral Genetics, 1997 July:27(4): p. 325-351

Mahoney, Ann. (1989) Handwriting and Personality: How Graphology Reveals What Makes People Tick. Seaver Books

Mandler, George. (1997). Human nature explored. New York: Oxford University Press.

Marcus, Gary F. (2004) The Birth of the Mind: How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates the Complexities of Human Thought. New York: Basic Books.

Marcus covers the evolution of the human “mental genes.” He talks about genes that influence our mental processes as “flexible recipes” that change with experiential and environmental pressures.

Marino, S., (2000). We were made to innovate. Industry Week, 249(3). Retrievable from DePaul Libraries.

Marks, J. What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes (2002) Berkley: University of California Press.

Marshall, T.E. and Gunn, A.E. (1998) "Final causality in nature and human affairs." The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 52.

Maslow, A. (1993) the farther reaches of human nature. New York : Arkana.

Maslow, A.H. (1970): Motivation and Personality (2nd ed.), Harper and Row, New York

Maslow, A. (1971). The Farther Reaches of Human Nature, NY: Viking.
ISBN 0-14-019470-3

"Maslow's Theory. A2Z Psychology Website." http://www.a2zpsychology.com/a2z%20guide/maslowss­_theory.htm. Retrieved Aug. 2003.

Mayo Clinic. Mental Illness: An interview with a Mayo Clinic psychiatrist. http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=9C61909F-3AEE-438E-8BC1EOFD9C4997A7&locID= (accessed: June 1, 2004).

Maddux, J.E. (1991): "Self-efficacy", in: Handbook of Social and Clinical Psychology, Snyder C.R. & Forsyth D.R. (eds.), Pergamon, New York, p. 57-78.

Martel, Y. (2004) Life of Pi. Harvest Books.

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Discusses why the revival of human nature does not deny human nurture.

Miller, G.F. (1998) How mate choice shaped human nature: A review of sexual selsection and human evolution. pp. 87-129. Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology: Ideas, Issues, and Applications. C. Crawford and D. Krebs, Eds. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.

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Montessori, Maria The Absorbent Mind.

Not the easiest Montessori book to read, but the most insightful into human nature and the unfolding of the child into the man he will become.

Moore, D.S. (2001) The Dependent Gene: The fallacy of 'nature vs. nurture.' New York: Henry Holt and Co.

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The New Scientist. A section of the online journal devoted exclusively to the subject of human nature. URL: www.newscientist.com/hottopics/humannature/

Nhat Hanh, Thich. Peace is Every Step

Nine Inch Nails. Pretty Hate Machine.

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Olson, P.; Chimp handedness linked to genetics, birth order, Emory Report, March 5, 2001.

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Ornstein, R. (1989). Multi Mind: A New Way of Looking at Human Behavior. New York, Doubleday.

This is a great book. The main focus is experiential psychology, but factored in is how human nature affects what we think, feel, and perceive.

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Pasternak, Boris. Dr. Zhivago

Pasnau, Robert (October 8, 2004) Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature. Cambridge University Press.

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Pigliucci, M. (2001) Phenotypic Plasticity: Beyond nature and nurture. (Syntheses in ecology and evolution). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Pinker, S. (2002). The Blank State: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. New York: The Penguin Group

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Plato et al, ( original date unknown). The Last Days of Socrates (Tennant, H. editor). New York, Penguin Press.

Actually, any version of Socrates’ writings will do. It seems that the purpose of his entire existence was the in-depth, and sometimes annoying, study of human nature. His looping question within question style can get old, but you can’t deny that the man is proposing relevant subjects for study.

Porter, Jean (December 15, 2004) Nature as Reason: A Thomistic Theory of the Natural Law. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

Post, S.E. (2003) Numan Nature and the Freedom of Public Religious Expression. South Bend:University of Notre Dame Press.

Prager, D. (1998). Happiness is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

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Psychology Today - 10 Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature
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Ramachandran, V.S. (1999) Phantoms in the Brain : Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind. Quill Publishers.

Rand, Ayn (1992, reissue) Atlas Shrugged. New York: Penguin Press.

Rand, Ayn... any of the novels.

Ravussin, E & Bogardus, C., (2000) “Energy balance and weight regulation: Genetics vs. Environment” The British Journal of Nutrition 83 S17-S20 Mr

Reading, A. (2004) Hope and Despair: How perceptions of the future shape human behavior. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

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Ridley, Matt. (2004) Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture.

Robinson, S.W. et al, 2000: “Genetic Models of obesity and energy balance in the mouse” Annual Review of Genetics 34 687-745

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This book has served as a guiding light for many. The main premise is that we are shaped by human nature, which affects us in a number of unseen ways. These ways, however, can be recognized and re-routed. This is a necessary step in helping us find true happiness and fulfillment.

Rutter, M.L., (1997), Nature-nurture integration, American Psychologist, vol. 52, number 4, April, 1997): p. 390-398.

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Article describing how scientists are starting to disclose the neurobiological factors that underlying human behavior.

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Schmidt, M. R. (2000) Human Nature: Genes, Culture, and the Human Prospect. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

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Shakespeare, W. “Hamlet”, “The Tempest,” pretty much all of the plays.

Shakespeare, W. (1587-1616). The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Multiple publishers.

He may have been writing to amuse or to obliquely espouse political beliefs, but he was a student of human nature. All of his works capture the essence of what it is to be human. The situations he created serve to demonstrate human nature at both its most simple and most complex.

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Stanford, C. (2001) Significant Others: THe Ape-Human Continuum and the Quest for Human Nature. New York: Basic Books.

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What if human nature is historical? http://human-nature.com/rmyoung/papers/paper61h.html

The human limits of nature. http://human-nature.com/remyoung/papers/paper43h.html

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Zweig, Connie and Abrams, Jeremiah (eds) (1991) Meeting the Shadow: The hidden power of hte dark side of human nature (New Consciousness Reader). Jeremy P. Tarcher; 1st Edition.

 

BROAD-BASED WEB RESOURCES

Aggressivity and Violence: An Alternative Theory of Human Nature (George Mason University). http://www.gmu.edu/academic/pcs/clark.hm (Mary Clark)

Autism Society of America. www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer

Center for Genetics Education, 2004. www.genetics.com.au/factsheet/10.htm

Genetics Online. www.genetics.org

Human Genome Project Information..ELSI

National Institutes of Health Information On Genetic Conditions and Gene/Chromosome Associations: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease -- provides information on the treatment and prevention of infectious disease, immunologic, and allergic disease with neat information on grants.
http://www.niaid.nih.gov

The American Journal of Bioethics... journals providing the study of moral issues in the fields of medical treatment and research
http://www.bioethics.net

Brooklyn College's "Science at a Distance" provides much information regarding genotype to how DNA is replicated; also cool interactive learning activities http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu

Center for Disease Control -- impact of human genetic research on disease and prevention http://cdc.gov/genomic/update/current.htm

MyDNA.com... provides genetic information on the human genome and its impact on health, disease, and society. http://www.myDNA.com

National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC).. information on genetic counseling profession, including guiding principles
http://www.nsgc.org

Pharmacogenomic DNA Vision.. information on the study of differential gene expression as applied to drug discovery and opimization
http://www.dnavision.be/pharmacogenomic.aspx

Today's Science News.. provides current event coverage, news, research, and discoveries in earth, life, and space science. http://www.brightsurf.com

University of Tennessee at Martin: The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. David Hume (1711-1776): Life and Writing. http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/humeepis.htm

University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center... an outreach education program with the mission to help people understand how genetics affects their lives and society. To achieve this mission, they present education offerings for various audiences, including: interactive and print-based resources (free of charge); various teacher resources; national and Utah state standards for science education.
http://gslc.genetic.Utah.edu

 

 

PAINTINGS:

Booth, Peter (1977) Human/Nature (Oil on Canvas).

Bosch, Hieronmymus. The Garden of Delights.

Brueghel, Peiter II. A Village Festival in Honour of St. Hubert and St. Anthony.

Degas, Edgar. The Glass of Absinthe.Gauguin, Paul. Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?


Munch, E. (1893). The Scream [painting].

This may be a personal observation, but as much as any painting, this seems to reflect human nature to me. The scene on the bridge in the painting is sedate and calm, with the sole exception being the main figure, clearly in trauma. The juxtaposition of these two components speaks of our internal chaos in the midst of seeming calm.

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste. "Le Moulin de la Galette." (1876)

Seurat, Georges. "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte." (1884-86)

Touluse-Lautrec, Henri. At the Moulin Rouge.

 

PLAYS:

Albee, Edward. "The Zoo Story" (1958)

Hansberry, Lorraine. "A Raisin in the Sun" (1959)

Shakespeare, William. "Richard III."

Kaufman, C. (screenwriter).(2002). Human Nature : the shooting script [Screenplay and interview]. New York: Newmarket Press.

POEMS:

Dickinson, Emily. Numbers 618 (p. 305), 637 (p.315) The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Thomas H. Johnson, Ed.

Nolte, Dorothy Law. (1998) "Children Learn What They Live." http:\\www.trinity.wa.edu/au/plduffyrc/library/children.htm

Whitman, Walt. Song of Myself.

 

MOVIES:

Adaptation. (2002) Director: Spike Jonze.

American History X

An Unfinished Life [Film] Hallestrom, L. (Director). (2005). United States: Miramax.

This film is really a character study in human nature. It explores the themes and consequences of love, loss, guilt and forgiveness. I’m certain that I viewed this film differently due to my work in this class.

Apocalypse Now (1979) Francis Ford Coppola, Director.

Being John Malkovich

Babe. (1995) Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures.

This incredibly brilliant animal story is a metaphor for many aspects of nature and nurture. It starts with each animal on a farm maintaining its expected and genetic role until a precocious piglet has a life-changing effect on all of them. If you haven’t seen it, you must!

Being John Malcovich: This movie explored being able to go inside John Malcovich’s brain for 15 minutes so in exploring being someone else, you can appreciate yourself.

Blade Runner (1982) Philip K. Dick (novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?). Hampton Fancher and David Webb Peoples

The Boys from Brazil (1978) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077269/plotsummary

Cinderella - Can the poor girl be an aristocrat?

Citizen Kane

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Woody Allen, Director.

Dead Poets Society

Enemy Mine (1985) (Was also a book by Barry B. Longyear )
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen; writing credits: Barry Longyear and Edward Khmara

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: This films explored memory and defines it as what decides the meaning of our lives.

Gods Must Be Crazy, The.

Gone with the Wind

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1983) ...think about it, it’s the ultimate nature-nurture movie

Hannah & Her Sisters

High Fidelity (2000)

House of Sand and Fog

Human Nature (2001) Director: Michel Gondry.

Lost in Translation.

Moonstruck

Music of the Heart

My Dinner with Andre (1981) Louis Malle, Director.

‘Night Mother. Mailer, N. [play] (1983), Moore, T. [film, director] (1986).

I found this to be an interesting study of human nature and its limits.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ordinary People

O. Selznick, D. (Producer), Hecht, B. (Screenplay Writter) & Hitchcock, A. (Director). (2003). Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound [videorecording]. Irvington, NY: Criterion Collection.

Seize the Day.

Sleuth

The Stepford Wives

Streetcar Named Desire: This movie explores human nature and conflict between a married couple and the wife’s sister.

Trading Places: In this movie, two wealthy bond traders make a bet that they can take a homeless con artist (Eddie Murphy) and make him successful and take a wealthy, successful bond trader (Dan Ackroyd) destitute simply by changing their environments.

You Can Count On Me (2000) Kenneth Lonergan, Director

Waking Life, The (2001) Richard Linkletter, Director.

Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971 version)

Wuthering Heights (1939 version)

 

RADIO and TELEVISION:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 6 Ep. 9 "Smashed" (Scene in the magic shop where Xander and Anya are talking to Buffy about Willow's behavior and explaining their take on human nature.

"Catalyst: Nature Nurture." ABC Television, Aired May 19, 2005. Online transcript: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1372609.htm

Carr, M. (producer) & Banow,J. (director).(1991) The human animal [videorecording]. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities, Inc.

Funt, A. & Zimbardo, P.G., (editors) (1992). Candid Camera classics for teaching general pyschology [videorecording] Mc-Graw-Hill.

My Name is Earl (NBC)

Seinfeld (syndicated)

Steinem, Gloria (August 2005) "A balance between nature and nurture." NPR, All Things Considered. Online audio file: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4805246

Young, Emma (May 2000) "Nature versus nurture: The human code crackers." BBC Online: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci-tech/2000/human_genome/760724

MUSEUMS:
Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago, IL... online genetics, exhibits such as "DNA to Dinosaurs," Commemoration of the 145th Anniversary of Charles Darwin's publication of "The Origin of Species,".. and others.

 

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