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How People Make Their Own Environments: A Theory of Genotype Environment Effects

Scarr, Sandra, McCartney, Kathleen·1983·Child Development
DOI 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1983.tb03884.x
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We propose a theory of development in which experience is directed by genotypes. Genotypic differences are proposed to affect phenotypic differences, both directly and through experience, via 3 kinds of genotype leads to environment effects: a passive kind, through environments provided by biologically related parents; an evocative kind, through responses elicited by individuals from others; and an active kind, through the selection of different environments by different people. The theory adapts the 3 kinds of genotype-environment correlations proposed by Plomin, DeFries, and Loehlin in a developmental model that is used to explain results from studies of deprivation, intervention, twins, and families.

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Authors
Scarr, S., & McCartney, K.
Affiliations
Yale University (US)
Venue
Child Development
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1983-04
Volume
54
Issue
2
Pages
424-435
ISSN
  • 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8624
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1983.tb03884.x
OpenAlex
W1838289455
Semantic Scholar
d71090c7ecf579c4e736cf034c8ca1f6229b1f2c
Cited by
2,895
References
46
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 74 · 2022: 94 · 2021: 69 · 2020: 239 · 2019: 101 · 2018: 88 · 2017: 101 · 2016: 85 · 2015: 116 · 2014: 95 · 2013: 107 · 2012: 104
FWCI
20.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1 (tdm, 11841 d)
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Keywords
gene-environment interaction, genotype-environment correlation, developmental theory, parental environment, twin studies, family studies, deprivation, intervention, phenotypic differences
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adoption, Child, Child, Preschool, Environment, Female, Genotype, Humans, Human Development, Infant, Intelligence, Models, Psychological, Parent-Child Relations, Phenotype, Pregnancy, Psychological Theory, Psychosocial Deprivation, Twins

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