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The Nature-Nurture Debate: The Essential Readings

Stephen J. Ceci (Editor), Wendy M. Williams (Editor) 

ISBN: 978-0-631-21739-8

January 2000

Wiley-Blackwell

308 pages

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The Nature-Nurture Debate: The Essential Readings

Stephen J. Ceci,Wendy M. Williams

Paperback
978-0-631-21739-8
January 2000
CAD $66.95
Description
The Nature/Nurture Debate: The Essential Readings provides students with a selection of some of the key articles by key researchers in this core area of developmental psychology.
About the Author
Stephen J. Ceci holds a lifetime endowed chair in child development at Cornell University. He studies the accuracy of children's courtroom testimony, as well as the development of intelligence and memory. His previous books include On Intelligence: A Bio-Ecological Treatise (1996).


Wendy M. Williams is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development at Cornell University, where she studies children's learning, development and creativity, adult problem solving, and practical intelligence. her previous books include The Reluctant Reader (1996).

Features

  • The resolution of the nature-nurture debate promises to have profound implications for the way we view children's behavior, and the nature and malleability of their temperament, personality, intelligence, and gender identity.

  • Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams have gathered together fourteen of the most scientifically compelling papers, each introduced by the editors, which not only provide an authoritative resource, but will also serve to stimulate meaningful classroom discussion about the most important developmental issue of our time.
Series
Essential Readings in Developmental Psychology
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