The Nature of Nurture

Current knowledge about the nature of environmental influences upon children's development is synthesized in this volume.

Wachs explores such issues as individual differences in response to stress, medical treatment, parenting styles and teaching approaches, and examines such questions as whether there are certain periods in children's development when they may be more sensitive to specific environmental influences than at other times, and whether girls are more sensitive than boys to parental maltreatment.

List of contents

The Study of the Environment in Historical Perspective
Measuring the Environment
Specific Environmental Influences
The Structure of the Environment
Operation of the Environment Across Time
Specificity of Environmental Action
Organism-Environment Covariance
Organism-Environment Interaction
The Nature of Nurture
Implications and Applications

Summary

Synthesizes knowledge about the nature of environmental influences upon children's development. This title explores such issues as individual differences in response to stress, medical treatment, parenting styles and teaching approaches.

Product details

• Authors: Theodore D. Wachs
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.10.1992
• EAN: 9780803943759
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-4375-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 280 g
• Series: Individual Differences and Dev; Individual Differences and Development; Individual Differences and Dev; Individual Differences and Development
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Developmental Psychology, Sociology and anthropology