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Direct linkGreve, Werner; Bjorklund, David F. – Developmental Review, 2009
We extend an evolutionary perspective of development to the lifespan, proposing that human longevity may be related to the experience, knowledge, and wisdom provided by older members of human groups. In addition to the assistance in childcare provided by grandmothers to their daughters, the experience of wise elders could have served to benefit…
Descriptors: Evolution, Daughters, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages
Mother Knows Best: Epigenetic Inheritance, Maternal Effects, and the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Bjorklund, David F. – Developmental Review, 2006
Contemporary evolution biology has recognized the role of development in evolution. Evolutionarily oriented psychologists have similarly recognized the role that behavioral plasticity, particularly early in development, may have had on the evolution of species, harking back to the ideas of Baldwin (the Baldwin effect). Epigenetic theories of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Genetics, Evolution, Intelligence
Peer reviewedBjorklund, David F.; Miller, Patricia H.; Coyle, Thomas R.; Slawinski, Jennifer L. – Developmental Review, 1997
Extends the concepts of utilization deficiencies in a review of 30 years of memory-training research. Finds that over half of training conditions showed at least one type of utilization deficiency. Utilization deficiencies were more common for younger than for older children and were more likely when training involved multiple, rather than single,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
