Papers derived from a workshop held at Wainwright House, Rye, N.Y. in October 1971, sponsored by the Committee on Basic Research in Education (COBRE). Includes bibliographical references.

Quantitative aspects of genetics and environment in the determination of behavior / J.C. DeFries. Discussion / John L. Fuller ; Reply to Professor Fuller / J.C. DeFries. Comment / Arthur R. Jensen ; Reply to Professor Jensen / J.C. DeFries. Comment / Peter L. Workman -- Qualitative aspects of genetics and environment in the determination of behavior / Claudine Petit. Discussion / Aubrey Manning -- Genetic determination of behavior (animal) / Gerald B. McClearn. Discussion / Satya Prakash. Comment / Theodosius Dobzhansky -- Genetic determination of behavior (mice and men) / P.A. Parsons. Discussion / Leonard L. Heston. Comment / Newton E. Morton -- Human behavior adaptations : speculations on their genesis / I.I. Gottesman and L.I. Heston. Discussion / William S. Pollitzer -- Biochemical genetics and the evolution of human behavior / Gilbert S. Omenn and Arno G. Motulsky. Discussion / V. Elving Anderson -- Gene-environment interactions and the variability of behavior / L. Erlenmeyer-Kimling. Discussion / W.R. Thompson. Comment / Ernst Caspari. Comment / Newton E. Morton -- The meaning of the cryptanthroparion / E. Tobach. Discussion / Arthur R. Jensen -- Human behavioral genetics / N.E. Morton. Discussion / P.L. Workman -- The future of human behavior genetics / S.G. Vandenberg. Discussion / Benson E. Ginsburg -- Comments on school effects, gene-environment covariance, and the heritability of intelligence / Bruce K. Eckland -- Epilogue / Gilbert S. Omenn, Ernst Caspari, and Lee Ehrman.