NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ471354
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Biological and Cultural Diversity: The Legacy of Darwin for Development.
Scarr, Sandra
Child Development, v64 n5 p1333-53 Oct 1993
Posits that an evolutionary perspective can unite the study of the typical development for and individual variation within a species and that environments within the normal range for a species are required for species-normal development. Individual differences in children reared in normal environments arise primarily from genetic variation and individually experienced environments not from objectively measured environments. (MDM)
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Differences, Definitions, Environment, Evolution, Genetics, Heredity, Individual Development, Intervention, Nature Nurture Controversy, Parents, Socialization, Theories
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Behavioral Genetics; Genotypes; Normal Children; Phenotypes
Note: This article is a response to critiques of Society for Research in Child Development President Sandra Scarr's 1991 presidential address.