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100 1 $aHarris, Judith Rich.
245 14 $aThe nurture assumption :$bwhy children turn out the way they do /$cby Judith Rich Harris.
246 3 $aWhy children turn out the way they do
250 $aRev. and updated [ed.], Free Press trade pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$c2009.
300 $axxx, 448 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 397-429) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction to the second edition -- Foreword to the first edition / Steven Pinker -- Preface to the first edition -- Nurture is not the same as "environment -- 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 -- Transmission of culture -- Gender rules -- Schools of children -- Growing up -- Dysfunctional families and problem kids -- What parents can do -- Nurture assumption on trial -- Appendix 1: Personality and birth order -- Appendix 2: Testing theories of child development -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the author.
520 $aOverview: 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.
650 0 $aChild development$zUnited States.
650 0 $aChild rearing$zUnited States.
650 0 $aNature and nurture$zUnited States.
650 0 $aChildren and the environment$zUnited States.
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