The Limits of Family Influence : Genes, Experience, and Behavior

Rowe, David C.

Guilford Publications（1995/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 232 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780898621488
• DDC分類 155.7

Full 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.

Contents

1. The Primacy of Child Rearing in Socialization Theory
2. Separating Nature and Nurture
3. As the Twig is Bent?: Families and Personality
4. Limited Rearing Effects on Intelligence (IQ)
5. Uniting Nature and Nurture: The Genetics of Environmental Measures
6. Gender Differences
7. Why Families Have Little Influence
Index