Jackson J F
University of California, Berkeley.
Child Dev. 1993 Oct;64(5):1318-32.
Key components of human behavioral genetics and Scarr's work of the past 2 decades are critically reviewed based on scholarship in animal neuropsychology and clinical and educational psychology. Scarr's theory of genotype --> environment effects is not supported by the confluence of information presented. Her opinion that interventions to enhance intellectual development are ineffectual for children from abuse- and neglect-free backgrounds is critically reviewed. Her view that biology makes nonrisk infants invulnerable to lasting, negative effects of day care is also determined to be untenable. Concern about negative implications of Scarr's theory for African Americans and views on interventions is the impetus for the critique.
基于动物神经心理学以及临床与教育心理学方面的学术研究，对人类行为遗传学的关键组成部分以及斯卡尔在过去20年的研究工作进行了批判性审视。所呈现的信息汇总并不支持斯卡尔的基因型→环境效应理论。她认为对于来自无虐待和无忽视背景的儿童，增强智力发展的干预措施无效这一观点受到了批判性审视。她认为生物学因素使无风险的婴儿免受日托长期负面影响的观点也被认定为站不住脚。对斯卡尔理论给非裔美国人带来的负面影响的担忧以及对干预措施的看法是此次批判的推动力。
