Nature, Nurture, and the Transition to Early Adolescence

by Stephen A. Petrill

Book Overview

Some of the most intriguing issues in the study of cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development arise in the debate over nature versus nurture; a debate difficult to resolve because it is difficult to separate the respective contributions of genes and environment to development. The most powerful approach to this separation is through longitudinal adoption studies. The Colorado Adoption Project (CAP) is the only longitudinal adoption study...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195157478
• ISBN13: 9780195157475
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"