The Nature of Nurture [Paperback]

Wachs explores such issues as individual differences in response to stress, medical treatment, parenting styles and teaching approaches, and examines such questions as whether there are certain periods in children's development when they may be more sensitive to specific environmental influences than at other times, and whether girls are more sensitive than boys to parental maltreatment.Current knowledge about the nature of environmental influences upon children's development is synthesized in this volume.

Wachs explores such issues as individual differences in response to stress, medical treatment, parenting styles and teaching approaches, and examines such questions as whether there are certain periods in children's development when they may be more sensitive to specific environmental influences than at other times, and whether girls are more sensitive than boys to parental maltreatment.The Study of the Environment in Historical Perspective
Measuring the Environment
Specific Environmental Influences
The Structure of the Environment
Operation of the Environment Across Time
Specificity of Environmental Action
Organism-Environment Covariance
Organism-Environment Interaction
The Nature of Nurture
Implications and Applications