Psychogenetics
Encyclopedia
The term psychogenetics was introduced by Calvin S. Hall
in his seminal book chapter on behavior genetics
(1951). The term enjoyed some limited popularity in the 1960s and 1970s. However, it disappeared from usage in favor of "behavior genetics".
Calvin S. Hall
Calvin S. Hall is an American psychologist who studied in the field of dream interpretation and analysis. He began his systematic research on dreams in the 1940s, and from there he wrote many books, “The Primer of Freudian Psychology” and “The Primer of Jungian Psychology” being the most...
in his seminal book chapter on behavior genetics
Behavioural genetics
Quantitative human behavioural genetics is a specialisation in the biological field of behaviour genetics that studies the role of genetics in human behaviour employing quantitative-genetic methods. The field is an overlap of quantitative genetics and psychology...
(1951). The term enjoyed some limited popularity in the 1960s and 1970s. However, it disappeared from usage in favor of "behavior genetics".