Background Household chaos, represented by the level of disorganisation or environmental
confusion in the home, has been associated with a range of adverse child and family …

While neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are highly heritable, several environmental
risk factors have also been suggested. However, the role of familial confounding is unclear …

In this chapter, we distinguish between different forms of empathy-related responding (ie,
empathy, sympathy, personal distress) and prosocial behavior. The capacity for empathy …

Behavioral Genetics, Fifth Edition provides an engaging and clear overview of human and
animal behavioral genetics that is designed to introduce students in the behavioral …

Social and Personality Development looks at the processes by which we come to be who we
are. It covers a range of topics central to personality and developmental psychology. The …

This review of 20 years of developmental research on Executive Functions (EF) offers a
broad‐brushstroke picture that touches on multiple issues including:(i) findings from typical …

Eleanor E. Maccoby the term socialization refers to processes whereby naive individuals are
taught the skills, behavior patterns, values, and motivations needed for competent …

This article reviews behavioral-genetic research to show how it can help address questions
of causation in developmental psychopathology. The article focuses on studies of antisocial …

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Behavioral genetic research has concluded that the more important environmental
influences result in differences between siblings (referred to as nonshared; e²), whereas …