The nurture assumption
why children turn out the way they do
by Judith Rich Harris
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Overview: This groundbreaking book, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times notable pick, rattled the psychological establishment when it was first published in 1998 by claiming that parents have little impact on their children's development. In this tenth anniversary edition of The Nurture Assumption, Judith Harris has updated material throughout and provided a fresh introduction. Combining insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, primatology, and evolutionary biology, she explains how and why the tendency of children to take cues from their peers works to their evolutionary advantage. This electrifying book explodes many of our unquestioned beliefs about children and parents and gives us a radically new view of childhood.
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The nurture assumption: why children turn out the way they do
2009, Free Press
in English
- 2nd ed.
1439101655 9781439101650
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Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
August 2000, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
Paperback
in English
0747548943 9780747548942
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The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
September 1, 1999, Free Press
Paperback
in English
- 1 edition
0684857073 9780684857077
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The nurture assumption: why children turn out the way they do
1999, Touchstone
in English
- 1st Touchstone ed.
0684857073 9780684857077
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The nurture assumption: why children turn out the way they do
1998, Free Press
in English
0684844095 9780684844091
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The nurture assumption: why children turn out the way they do
1998, Bloomsbury
in English
074753599X 9780747535997
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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