Infancy to early childhood : genetic and environmental influences on developmental change / edited by Robert N. Emde, John K. Hewitt ; section editors, Jerome Kagan ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Emde, Robert N.

Hewitt, John K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twins--Psychology.

Twins.

Twins--Longitudinal studies.

Nature and nurture--Longitudinal studies.

Nature and nurture.

Child psychology.

Toddlers--Psychology.

Toddlers.

Longitudinal method.

Physical Description:

xiv, 393 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Behavioral genetics is a fast-growing, multidisciplinary field which attempts to explain the influence of genetic and environmental factors on behavior through the lifespan. The preferred investigative technique for teasing out the differences between genetics and the environment is the longitudinal twin study. This book is the first complete publication from the MacArthur Longitudinal Twin Study (MALTS) that is by far the most ambitious and comprehensive longitudinal twin study to date. The goal of such an in-depth study was not to merely provide thorough descriptions of developmental change between the ages of one and three years, but to offer an original theoretical framework that explains how change occurs in different domains and how genetics and the environment influence those changes. This rigorous study will set the agenda for developmental psychology and behavioral genetics for decades to come.

Contents:

Dynamics of development in a unique multidisciplinary collaboration / Robert N. Emde

Twin method : what we can learn from a longitudinal study / John K. Hewitt, Robert N. Emde, & Robert Plomin

Conduct of the study : sample and procedures / Joann L. Robinson, Jude McGrath, & Robin P. Corley

Structure of temperament / Jerome Kagan

Extremes analyses of observed temperament dimensions / Beth Manke, Kimberly J. Saudino, & Julia D. Grant

Parental ratings of temperament in twins / Kimberly J. Saudino & Stacey S. Cherny

Sources of continuity and change in observed temperament / Kimberly J. Saudino & Stacey S. Cherny

Behavioral inhibition and related temperaments / Jerome Kagan & Kimberly J. Saudino

Emotional development in the twin study / Joann L. Robinson & Robert N. Emde

Reactions to restraint and anger-related expressions during the second year / Robert N. Emde ... [et al.]

Empathy and prosocial patterns in young MZ and DZ twins : development and genetic and environmental influences / Carolyn Zahn-Waxler ... [et al.]

Dispositional cheerfulness : early genetic and environmental influences / Joann L. Robinson, Robert N. Emde, & Robin P. Corley

Cognitive development, cognitive abilities, and modularity / David W. Fulker & Robert Plomin.

Experimental assessment of specific cognitive abilities during the second year of life / Steven M. Wilson ... [et al.]

Continuity and change in general cognitive ability from 14 to 36 months / Stacey S. Cherny ... [et al.]

Language and cognition / Susan Young ... [et al.]

Context and specificity of individual differences and their origins / Robert N. Emde

Mothers' perceptions of differential treatment of infant twins / Shirley McGuire & Anne-Catherine Roch-Levecq

Relationship context as a moderator of sources of individual differences in empathic development / Joann L. Robinson, Carolyn Zahn-Waxler, & Robert N. Emde

Development of observed shyness from 14 to 20 months : shyness in context / Stacey S. Cherny ... [et al.]

Perinatal effects on general cognitive ability, weight, height, and temperament / Charles Martin & Scott L. Hershberger

Height, weight, and body mass index / Marcie L. Chambers ... [et al.]

Temperament, mental development, and language in the transition from infancy to early childhood / Lorraine F. Kubicek, Robert N. Emde, & Stephanie Schmitz

Early predictors of problem behavior at age four / Stephanie Schmitz ... [et al.]

Experiment in collaborative science / Robert Plomin ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

019513012X

OCLC:

43474747