Research Catalog

Title

Nature and nurture during middle childhood / [edited by] John C. DeFries, Robert Plomin, David W. Fulker.

Publication

Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• DeFries, J. C., 1934-
• Plomin, Robert, 1948-
• Fulker, David W., 1937-

Description

xix, 368 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

What are the origins of individual differences? Virtually no one studying human development today sees the nature/nurture question as an either-or one. However, very few developmental researchers as yet appreciate the extent to which it is now possible to map genetic influences in a range of domains from cognitive functioning to temperament all through the childhood years. (For example, although there is substantial genetic continuity for measures of general cognitive ability from infancy to early childhood, new genetic influences emerge to affect IQ in middle childhood, when specific cognitive abilities also begin to differentiate.) Even fewer developmental researchers appreciate the startling way in which expressions of the child's genetic endowment appear to affect what we have been accustomed to thinking of as stable environmental forces.

Alternative Title

Nature & nurture during middle childhood.

Subjects

• Adopted children > Colorado > Psychology > Longitudinal studies
• Nature and nurture > Longitudinal studies
• Colorado Adoption Project
• Individual differences in children > Longitudinal studies

Note

• Spine title: Nature & nurture during middle childhood.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-357) and indexes.

Contents

• 1. Nature and Nurture in Middle Childhood -- 2. The Colorado Adoption Project -- 3. Adoption Design Methodology / Lon R. Cardon and Stacey S. Cherny -- 4. General Cognitive Ability / Stacey S. Cherny and Lon R. Cardon -- 5. Specific Cognitive Abilities / Lon R. Cardon -- 6. Longitudinal Predictions of School-Age Cognitive Abilities from Infant Novelty Preference / Lee Anne Thompson and Stephen A. Petrill -- 7. School Achievement / Sally J. Wadsworth -- 8. Developmental Speech and Language Disorders / Susan Felsenfeld -- 9. Personality and Temperament / Stephanie Schmitz -- 10. Competence During Middle Childhood / Jenae M. Neiderhiser and Shirley McGuire -- 11. The Stress of First Grade and its Relation to Behavior Problems in School / Richard Rende -- 12. Height, Weight, and Obesity / Lon R. Cardon -- 13. Motor Development / Keith E. Whitfield and Stacey S. Cherny -- 14. Sex Differences in Genetic and Environmental Influences for Cognitive Abilities / Laura A. Baker, Hsiu-zu Ho and Chandra Reynolds.
• 15. Nonshared Environment in Middle Childhood / Shirley McGuire and Judy Dunn -- 16. Sibling Relationships in Childhood and Adolescence / Clare Stocker and Judy Dunn -- 17. Genetic Influence on "Environmental" Measures / Julia M. Braungart -- 18. Family Environment in Early Childhood and Outcomes in Middle Childhood: Genetic Mediation / Jenae M. Neiderhiser -- 19. Home Environmental Influences on General Cognitive Ability / Stacey S. Cherny -- 20. Genotype-Environment Interaction and Correlation / Scott L. Hershberger -- 21. Applied Issues / Sally-Ann Rhea and Robin P. Corley -- 22. Conclusions.

ISBN

1557863938 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

93022617

OCLC

• 28183660
• ocm28183660

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries