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Genetic differences among individuals contribute to most domains of behavior and to many common medical disorders. This chapter considers recent advances in quantitative genetics that can be used to take us far beyond the simplest "whether" and "how much" questions of heritability. While the emphasis of the chapter is on the contribution of quantitative genetic analysis to our understanding of environmental influences, it begins with other examples: multivariate analysis, developmental analysis, and quantitative trait loci.