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The nurture assumption : why children turn out the way they do / by Judith Rich Harris.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Free Press, 2009Edition: Rev. and updated [ed.], Free Press trade pbk. edDescription: xxx, 448 s. 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781439101650
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.231 23/swe
Contents:
"Nurture" Is Not the Same as "Environment" -- The Nature (and Nurture) of the Evidence -- Nature, Nurture, and None of the Above -- Separate Worlds -- Other Times, Other Places -- Human Nature -- Us and Them -- In the Company of Children -- The Transmission of Culture -- Gender Rules -- Schools of Children -- Growing Up -- Dysfunctional Families and Problem Kids -- What Parents Can Do -- The Nurture Assumption on Trial -- Appendixes : Personality and Birth Order -- Testing Theories of Child Development.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-429) and index.

"Nurture" Is Not the Same as "Environment" -- The Nature (and Nurture) of the Evidence -- Nature, Nurture, and None of the Above -- Separate Worlds -- Other Times, Other Places -- Human Nature -- Us and Them -- In the Company of Children -- The Transmission of Culture -- Gender Rules -- Schools of Children -- Growing Up -- Dysfunctional Families and Problem Kids -- What Parents Can Do -- The Nurture Assumption on Trial -- Appendixes : Personality and Birth Order -- Testing Theories of Child Development.