Genes, environments, and differential susceptibility : current topics in evolutionary developmental psychology / edited by Satoshi Kanazawa, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kanazawa, Satoshi, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolutionary psychology.

Nature and nurture.

Human beings--Effect of environment on.

Human beings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Genes, Environments, & Differential Susceptibility

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

The evolutionary perspective has influenced many subfields of psychology and related social sciences in the last three decades. However, developmental psychology has remained largely immune to evolutionary thinking. What does evolutionary thinking have to offer developmental psychology and the study of child development? This book invites some of the leading figures in evolutionary developmental psychology to discuss cutting-edge research and its significance in related fields. By laying out the utility and importance of evolutionary thinking in developmental science, each chapter shows how the evolutionary perspective both opens new avenues of research by posing novel questions and providing insightful answers to age-old questions and debates. In the process, their overviews pay particular attention to the theoretical and empirical contributions of Jay Belsky, a pioneering developmental psychologist who has paved the way forward for the field. A short tribute and biography follow the chapters to pay homage to his work.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Imprints page

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Introduction: The Evolutionary Perspective in Developmental Psychology

I.1 This Volume

References

Part I Historical Background and Theoretical Foundations of Jay Belsky's Work in Evolutionary Developmental Psychology

Chapter 1 How Belsky's Model of Child Abuse Has Transformed Scientific Understanding, Clinical Practice, and Public Policy

1.1 Prevention of Child Maltreatment and Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)

1.2 The FC Approach

1.3 FC Dissemination

1.4 Next Steps: Developing and Evaluating Community Navigation

1.5 Conclusion: A Preventive System of Care

Chapter 2 A Turning Point for the Life History Approach to Individual Differences

2.1 Clarifying the Interplay of Psychology and Demography

2.2 The Centrality of the Mating-Parenting Trade-off

2.3 Constellations of Life History-Related Traits

2.4 The Role of Puberty Timing

2.5 Conclusion

Chapter 3 Individual Differences in Response to the Environment: From Diathesis-Stress to Differential Susceptibility and Vantage Sensitivity

3.1 Individual Differences in Response to Environmental Influences: A Brief Historical Account

3.2 Individual Differences in Response to Adverse Experiences: The Diathesis-Stress Model

3.3 The Differential Susceptibility Model: From Early Conceptualisation to Current Thinking

3.4 Illustrative Empirical Evidence for Differential Susceptibility

3.5 Individual Differences in Response to Positive Experiences: The Vantage Sensitivity Model

3.6 Current State of Knowledge

3.7 Open Questions and Future Directions

3.8 Conclusion

Part II Parent-Child Relations and Attachment.

Chapter 4 Evolutionary Lifespan Models of Attachment and Reproductive Strategies

4.1 The Attachment System

4.2 Life History Theory and Lifespan Models of Development

4.3 Mating

4.4 Parenting

4.5 Future Directions

4.6 Conclusions

Chapter 5 Stability and Change in Attachment from Preschool to Adolescence

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Method

5.3 Results

5.4 Discussion

5.5 Limitations

5.6 Conclusions

Chapter 6 The Legacy of the Determinants of Parenting Process Model

6.1 Why Was the Determinants of Parenting Model Innovative in 1984?

6.2 The Legacy of the Determinants of Parenting Model

6.3 Conclusion

Part III Life-Course Development from Prenatal Environment through Childhood to Adulthood

Chapter 7 Teacher-Student Relationships Are a Developmental Context

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Nonfamilial Settings and Child Development: Teacher-Student Relationships

7.3 Interactions with Teachers Regulate Student Engagement

7.4 Relationships Are Malleable

7.5 Future Directions and Integrations

Acknowledgments

Chapter 8 The Childhood Roots of Vaccine Hesitance and Resistance: A Five-Decade Cohort Study

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Results

8.3 Discussion

Author Contributions (CRediT)

Funding

Competing Interests

Data Availability Statement

Part IV Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences

Chapter 9 Unequal Monks, Unequal Hoods?: A Call for Experiments on Genetic Differential Susceptibility

9.1 Differential Susceptibility

9.2 Susceptibility Factors

9.3 Consensus on Terminology

9.4 Correlational versus Experimental Research

9.5 Experimental Differential Susceptibility Studies

9.6 Within-Family Differential Susceptibility

9.7 Conclusion

References.

Chapter 10 Child Maltreatment and the Development of Multisystem Resilience

10.1 Child Maltreatment

10.2 An Ecological-Transactional Model of Child Maltreatment and Its Consequences on Individual Development

10.3 Resilience

Chapter 11 Differential Susceptibility and Its Usefulness for the Understanding of Crime and the Rehabilitation of Criminals

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Crime, Genetics, and Differential Susceptibility

11.3 Differential Susceptibility and the Prevention and Treatment of Crime and Criminals

11.4 Conclusions and Future Directions

Conclusion: Science, Politics, and the Two Universal Laws of Human Behavior

C.1 Dishonest Disregard for the Truth

C.2 Two Universal Laws of Human Behavior

C.3 Conclusion

Afterword: My Fifty-Year Friendship with Jay Belsky

Biography of Jay Belsky

Beginnings

Penn State University

London

Davis

Parting Thoughts

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-009-36394-8

1-009-36396-4

1-009-36391-3

OCLC:

1510365619