How People Make Their Own Environments: A Theory of Genotype Environment Effects
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Child Development
- Vol. 54 (2) , 424-435
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1983.tb03884.x
Abstract
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.Keywords
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