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Morin-Chassé, Alexandre – Science & Education, 2020
The paper presents an experimental study that examines the conditions required for news about behavioral genetics to activate genetic essentialism beliefs. Nine hundred sixty-five adults living in the USA were randomly assigned to read either a control news article or one of the three versions of a news story about behavioral genetics. The…
Descriptors: Genetics, Behavior Development, Beliefs, News Reporting
Emma Armstrong-Carter; Jasmin Wertz; Benjamin W. Domingue – Grantee Submission, 2021
Recent genetic discoveries offer a new lens through which to study cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and social processes that are foundational to children's development. In this article, we review the latest advances in genomics--genome-wide association studies and the polygenic scores that have come out of them--and discuss how these techniques…
Descriptors: Child Development, Genetics, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Development
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Kranzler, John H.; Floyd, Randy G.; Bray, Melissa A.; Demaray, Michelle K. – School Psychology, 2020
Conoley, Powers, and Gutkin (2020) called for an increased emphasis on models of psychological service delivery that are primarily indirect, adult-focused, and geared toward systems-level change in the schools. They asserted that research in school psychology should not focus on the problems of individual children and youth but address the…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Student Needs, Individual Development, Genetics