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Klappentext Some of the most intriguing issues in the study of cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development arise in the debate over nature versus nurture; a debate difficult to resolve because it is difficult to separate the respective contributions of genes and environment to development. Themost powerful approach to this separation is through longitudinal adoption studies. The Colorado Adoption Project (CAP) is the only longitudinal adoption study in existence examining development continuously from birth to adolescence, which makes it a unique, powerful, and tremendously valuableresource. CAP is an ongoing assessment of 245 adopted children and 245 biological control children assessed from birth to early adolescence. This book is the fourth in a series describing CAP results. This latest volume, edited by four eminent researchers in developmental psychology, builds on thelarge body of research already generated by investigating the role of genes and environments on early adolescent development. Because it is the only volume on the most comprehensive investigation of the effect of genes and environments on early adolescent development, this work will be invaluable toresearchers in developmental, cognitive, and social psychology. Zusammenfassung The Colorado Adoption Project (CAP) is a longitudinal adoption study, examining development continuously from birth to adolescence. In so doing, it hopes to offer an insight into the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development which arise in the debate over nature versus nurture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Nature, Nurture and Adolescent Development: An Introduction 2: Developmental Analysis of IQ 3: Multivariate Parent-Offspring Analyses of Specific Cognitive Abilities 4: Etiology of the Stability of Reading Performance from 7 to 12 Years of Age and Its Possible Mediation by IQ 5: Memory Ability During Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence in the Colorado Adoption Project 6: Somatic Complaints from Early Childhood to Early Adolescence 7: Teacher and Mother Ratings of Attention Problems 8: Adopted and Nonadopted Adolescents' Adjustment 9: Stability and Change in Internalizing Problems in the Transition to Early Adolescence: Genetic and Environmental Influences 10: Loneliness During the Transition to Early Adolescence 11: Genetic Influences on Temperament in Early Adolescence: A Multimethod Perspective 12: Links between Temperament and Behaviour Problems in Early Adolescence 13: Using the Social Relations Model to Examine Correlates of Adolescent Humour: The Role of Temperament and Well-Being 14: Effects of Prenatal Smoking on 12-year-old Children's Cognitive and Behavioural Problems and Negative Family Environments 15: A Genetic Analysis of Extremes in Externalizing Behavioural Problems and Negative Family Environments 16: Maternal Reports of Differential Treatment During Early Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study of Genetic Influences and Links to Child Well-Being 17: Genetic Influences on Life Events in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence 18: The Developmental Trajectory of Genotype-Environment Correlation in Early Adolescence 19: Conclusions ...
