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The Etiology of Science Performance: Decreasing Heritability and Increasing Importance of the Shared Environment from 9 to 12 Years of Age
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Haworth, Claire M. A.; Dale, Philip S.; Plomin, Robert – Child Development, 2009
During childhood and adolescence, increases in heritability and decreases in shared environmental influences have typically been found for cognitive abilities. A sample of more than 2,500 pairs of twins from the Twins Early Development Study was used to investigate whether a similar pattern would be found for science performance from 9 to 12…
Descriptors: Twins, Etiology, Environmental Influences, Cognitive Ability
Conceptual Emphasis in the History of Developmental Psychology: Evolutionary Theory, Teleology, and the Nature-Nurture Issue
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Anandalakshmy, S.; Grinder, Robert E. – Child Development, 1970
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Developmental Psychology, Environmental Influences, Evolution
Adolescent, Parent, and Observer Perceptions of Parenting: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Shared and Distinct Perceptions.
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Feinberg, Mark; Neiderhiser, Jenae; Howe, George; Hetherington, E. Mavis – Child Development, 2001
Examined low interrater agreement by decomposing common and unique variance among parent, adolescent, and observer reports of parental warmth and negativity into genetic and environmental factors. Model-fitting analyses findings generally supported predictions for warmth and negativity at Family and Individual levels. At the Social level, genetic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Environmental Influences, Heredity, Interrater Reliability
Planar Asymmetry Tips the Phonological Playground and Environment Raises the Bar.
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Eckert, Mark A.; Lombardino, Linda J.; Leonard, Christiana M. – Child Development, 2001
Examined the contribution of biological and environmental variables to 11-year-olds' phonological development. Found that temporal lobe (planar) asymmetry, hand preference, family history of reading disability, and SES explained over half the variance in phonological and verbal performance, demonstrating a linear association between cerebral…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Brain, Children, Environmental Influences