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The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do, Revised and Updated by Judith Rich Harris, Steven Pinker is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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Overview: This Groundbreaking Book, A Pulitzer Prize Finalist And New York Times Notable Pick, Rattled The Psychological Establishment When It Was First Published In 1998 By Claiming That Parents Have Little Impact On Their Children's Development. In This Tenth Anniversary Edition Of The Nurture Assumption, Judith Harris Has Updated Material Throughout And Provided A Fresh Introduction. Combining Insights From Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Primatology, And Evolutionary Biology, She Explains How And Why The Tendency Of Children To Take Cues From Their Peers Works To Their Evolutionary Advantage. This Electrifying Book Explodes Many Of Our Unquestioned Beliefs About Children And Parents And Gives Us A Radically New View Of Childhood. Introduction To The Second Edition -- Foreword To The First Edition / Steven Pinker -- Preface To The First Edition -- Nurture Is Not The Same As Environment -- Nature (and Nurture) Of The Evidence -- Nature, Nurture, And None Of The Above -- Separate Worlds -- Other Times, Other Places -- Human Nature -- Us And Them -- In The Company Of Children -- Transmission Of Culture -- Gender Rules -- Schools Of Children -- Growing Up -- Dysfunctional Famil
Who reads The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do, Revised and Updated?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Judith Rich Harris, Steven Pinker
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781439101650
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Family & Relationships, Sociology, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.12 / 5 (55 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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