Introduction Daniel P. Keating; 1. Biological and experiential influences on psychological development Michael Rutter; 2. Neural development and lifelong plasticity Charles A. Nelson III; 3. Mother and child: preparing for a life Ronald G. Barr; 4. Early experience and stress regulation in human development Megan R. Gunnar and Michelle M. Loman; 5. Biology and context: symphonic causation and the distribution of childhood morbidities W. Thomas Boyce; 6. Understanding within-family variability in children's responses to environmental stress Jennifer Jenkins and Rossana Bisceglia; 7. Origins, development, and prevention of aggressive behavior Richard E. Tremblay; 8. Mental health intervention in infancy and early childhood Alicia F. Lieberman and Chandra Ghosh Ippen; 9. Bridging a population health perspective to early biodevelopment: an emerging approach Clyde Hertzman; 10. Society and early child development: developmental health disparities in the nature-and-nurture paradigm Daniel P. Keating.
Examines how nature and nurture interact over the course of life development, focusing on early childhood, from the developmental scientists working at the cutting edge.
Daniel P. Keating is Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Research Professor at the Center for Human Growth and Development, and Faculty Associate in the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research, all at the University of Michigan. He is also a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), and a member of CIFAR's Successful Societies Program. Keating has held positions at the University of Minnesota, the University of Maryland, the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education in Berlin, Germany, and the University of Toronto. He has occasionally appeared on television, including on the Phil Donohue Show, the Vision series on TV Ontario, and others. He has also been a guest on radio talk shows featured on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), focused mainly on his book (with Clyde Hertzman) Developmental Health and the Wealth of Nations (1999). Currently, much of his work focuses on the just-launched National Children's Study, for which he serves as an investigator in a number of capacities.
“More so than any other book, Nature and Nurture in Early Child
Development compellingly moves developmental science into a new
scientific era, one where integrative theoretical models,
innovative and rigorous methodologies, and impressive longitudinal
data sets combine to elucidate the system of relations that weave
biological, behavioral, and contextual variables into a mutually
influential process shaping the course of individual development.
Professor Keating and his colleagues have produced a landmark book
that sets the scientific standard for how theory-predicated
research about the system of biology-context relations may
significantly advance understanding of the dynamics of early
childhood and innovatively inform policies and programs aimed at
promoting positive and healthy development in the early years of
life.”
– Richard M. Lerner, Tufts University
“This collection of articles, by some of the most esteemed
developmental scientists of our time, is an invaluable resource for
students of early development. If instructors are interested in
exposing their students to cutting-edge research and theory, they
will surely want to use this book.”
– Laurence Steinberg, Temple University
"....Keating (Univ. of Michigan) focuses not on nature and nurture
individually, but on the interaction between the two during early
childhood.... Recommended...."
--J. Mercer, emerita, Richard Stockton College, CHOICE
"....a welcome addition to the bookshelf of those interested in the
nature–nurture discussion.... the organization of the volume from
microprocesses to macroprocesses leads the reader to appreciate the
different levels of analysis at which researchers are and can
continue examining the interplay of nature and nurture.... Nature
and Nurture in Early Child Development generally succeeds in its
goals. A great deal of recent research is reviewed, and we suspect
that even experts in development and related fields can learn a
great deal from the volume. Furthermore, the writing is generally
accessible and engaging.... We would recommend the book as a text
for graduate classes in child development and for researchers
interested in the state of the field.... readers will be well
informed of the latest research developments shaping the
nature–nurture landscape."
--Daniel Hart, Theresa Murzyn and Marcus Woods, PsycCRITIQUES
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