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ERIC Number: EJ428999
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Individual Differences and the Canalization of Human Behavior.
Turkheimer, Eric; Gottesman, Irving I.
Developmental Psychology, v27 n1 p18-22 Jan 1991
Notes that psychologists' interest in behavioral development concerns individual differences in behavior. Explores complexities of genetic and environmental determination of development, and of canalization. Intelligence is considered as an example of the canalization of human behavior. (BC)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Developmental Psychology, Environmental Influences, Experience, Genetics, Individual Development, Individual Differences, Intelligence, Models, Nature Nurture Controversy, Research Needs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Behavioral Stability; Diversity (Groups); Epigenesis; Experiential Canalization; Reaction Formation; Species Specific Behavior