| The Limits of Family Influence: Genes, Experience, and Behavior Revised Edition Contributor(s): Rowe, David C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0898621488 ISBN-13: 9780898621488 Publisher: Guilford Publications OUR PRICE: $34.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1995 Annotation: Challenging firmly established assumptions about the influence of child rearing on the development of children's personalities and intelligence, this book contends that there has been too heavy an emphasis on the family as the bearer of culture. It draws from behavior genetic research to reveal how environmental variables such as social class, parental warmth, and one- versus two-parent households may be empty of causal influence on child outcomes.The book examines the theoretical basis of socialization science and describes, in great detail, what behavior genetic studies can teach us about environmental influence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Developmental - General - Psychology | Developmental - Child - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Couples & Family |
| Dewey: 155.7 |
| LCCN: 93021876 |
| Series: Genes, Experience and Behavior |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.03" W x 9.01" (0.73 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Challenging firmly established assumptions about the influence of child rearing on the development of children's personalities and intelligence, this book contends that there has been too heavy an emphasis on the family as the bearer of culture. It draws from behavior genetic research to reveal how environmental variables such as social class, parental warmth, and one- versus two-parent households may be empty of causal influence on child outcomes. The book examines the theoretical basis of socialization science and describes, in great detail, what behavior genetic studies can teach us about environmental influence. |