Child Development "Do Parents Matter?"

According to Judith Rich Harris, whose work was documented in the video presentation in class 'Do Parents Matter?', which of these has the largest influence on children's personalities?

The peer group

What is the "nurture assumption"?

The idea that the strongest environmental influence on children's personalities is the way their parents raise them

The results of behavior genetics studies suggests that (approximately) what percent of the variation in human personality is due to genetic differences?

50%

According to Judith Rich Harris and Thomas Bouchard (in the "Do Parents Matter?" video), what are the long-term effects of shared home environment on personality and intelligence?

There are little to no observable effects

What do the results of conformity studies by Solomon Asch (like the one in which people had to determine which two lines were the same length) suggest about how peers affect people's behaviors?

People are internally motivated to conform to group behavior