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Separate lives : why siblings are so different
- Title
- Separate lives : why siblings are so different / Judy Dunnand Robert Plomin.
- Author
- Dunn, Judy, 1939-
- Publication
- [New York] : Basic Books, ©1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BF723.S43 D85 1990 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Plomin, Robert, 1948-
- Description
- xiii, 210 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- Why do two children reared in the same family turn out to be so different? Through lively research examples the authors examine the cause of sibling differences and, in the process, overturn much of the prevailing wisdom on the roles of nature and nurture in development.
- Subject
- Siblings
- Individual differences
- Nature and nurture
- Behavior genetics
- Individuality
- Social ecology
- Family > psychology
- Genetics, Behavioral
- Individuality
- Sibling Relations
- Social Environment
- siblings (people)
- human ecology
- Social ecology
- Behavior genetics
- Siblings
- Individual differences
- Nature and nurture
- Geschwister
- Unterschied
- Psychologie
- Family members
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical reference (p. 191-203) and index.
- Contents
- A Challenge -- Differences In Nature -- Differences In Nurture -- The Impact Of Parents -- Sibling Influences -- Beyond The Family -- Chance -- Implications.
- ISBN
- 0465076882
- 9780465076888
- 0465076890
- 9780465076895
- LCCN
- 90080254
- OCLC
- ocm21668835
- 21668835
- SCSB-9523992
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library