| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 470 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Caste status and intellectual development / John U. Ogbu and Pamela Stern -- Family matters : a systems view of family effects on children's cognitive health / Barbara H. Fiese -- Socioeconomic status, multiple risks, and development of intelligence / Ronald Seifer -- Intelligence and experience / Craig T. Ramey, Sharon Landesman Ramey, and Robin Gaines Lanzi -- The role of nutrition in intellectual development / Sally Grantham-McGregor, Cornelius Ani, and Lia Fernald -- Environmental pollutant exposures and children's cognitive abilities / David C. Bellinger and Heather Foley Adams -- Prenatal drug exposure and cognitive development / Linda C. Mayes and Thomas Fahy -- The impact of infectious disease on cognitive development / Katherine J. Alcock and Donald A.P. Bundy -- The invisible danger : the impact of ionizing radiation on cognitive development and functioning / Elena L. Grigorenko -- Schooling and cognitive development / Kate Christian, Heather J. Bachnan, and Frederick J. Morrison -- Family environments and adult cognitive functioning / K. Warner Schaie and Yan-Ling Zuo -- The intellectual effects of the demands of the work environment / Carmi Schooler -- Sociohistorical changes and intelligence gains / Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros, Manuel Juan-Espinosa, and Francisco-Jose Abad -- Epilogue : Is there a heredity-environment paradox? / Robert J. Sternberg. |
| Summary |
This volume discusses how the environment influences the development and the maintenance of cognitve abilities. This discussion is important because genes always have their effect in correlation with the environment and we can control the environment, at least to some extent. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Intellect.
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Intellect. |
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Nature and nurture.
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Nature and nurture. |
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Environmental psychology.
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Environmental psychology. |
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Intelligence. |
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Cognition. |
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Environment. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sternberg, Robert J.
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Grigorenko, Elena L.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Environmental effects on cognitive abilities. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2001 0805831835 (DLC) 00051394 (OCoLC)46635515 |
| ISBN |
1410612317 (electronic book) |
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9781410612311 (electronic book) |
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9780805831832 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0805831835 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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