内容简介
Thisgroundbreakingbook,aPulitzerPrizefinalistandNewYorkTimesnotablepick,rattledthepsychologicalestablishmentwhenitwasfirstpublishedin1998byclaimingthatparentshavelittleimpactontheirchildren'sdevelopment.InthistenthanniversaryeditionofTheNurtureAssumption,JudithHarrishasupdatedmaterialthroughoutandprovidedafreshintroduction.Combininginsightsfrompsychology,sociology,anthropology,primatology,andevolutionarybiology,sheexplainshowandwhythetendencyofchildrentotakecuesfromtheirpeersworkstotheirevolutionaryadvantage.Thiselectrifyingbookexplodesmanyofourunquestionedbeliefsaboutchildrenandparentsandgivesusaradicallynewviewofchildhood.
作者简介
JudithRichHarrisistheauthorofNoTwoAlike:HumanNatureandHumanIndividuality.Aformerwriterofcollegetextbooks,HarrisisarecipientofaGeorgeA.Milleraward,giventotheauthorofanoutstandingarticleinpsychology.Sheisanindependentinvestigatorandtheoreticianwhoseinterestsincludeevolutionarypsychology,socialpsychology,developmentalpsychology,andbehavioralgenetics.