Perspective on Nature and Nurture 2

Nonshared Environmental Influences

Unique experiences to the individual – those that are not shared with the other members of the family (e.g., parental favoritism)

3 kinds of Gene-Environment Correlations

Passive Gene-Environment
Evocative Gene-Environment
Active Gene-Environment

Passive Gene-Environment

parent provide for their children is influenced partly by the parents’ genotypes

Evocative Gene-Environment

child’s genotype evokes certain kind of reactions from other people - Genetic makeup may affect the reactions of other people to a child and, hence, the kind of social environment that the child will experience