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Frankenhuis, Willem E.; Panchanathan, Karthik; Belsky, Jay – Developmental Science, 2016
Children vary in the extent to which their development is shaped by particular experiences (e.g. maltreatment, social support). This variation raises a question: Is there no single level of plasticity that maximizes biological fitness? One influential hypothesis states that when different levels of plasticity are optimal in different environmental…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Child Development, Hypothesis Testing, Parents