This Volume investigates the interrelationships betwn a particular kind of enviroment--the families we grow up in & those we create as adults, & intellectual functioning across the lifespan. For cognitive developmental/lifespan, educationl psychologist,

Contents: Preface. A.S. Carter, K.K. Murdock, The Family as a Context of Psychological Functioning. E.L. Grigorenko, Arguing for the Concept of Developmental Niche. K. Marjoribanks, Family Capital and Cognitive Performance. J.L. Rodgers, The Confluence Model: An Academic "Tragedy of the Commons?" J. Guidubaldi, J. Duckworth, Divorce and Children's Cognitive Ability. M.R. Burchinal, G.I.L. Caskie, Maternal Employment, Child Care, and Cognitive Outcomes. L. Okagaki, Parental Beliefs, Parenting Style, and Children's Intellectual Development. D. Finkel, N.L. Pedersen, Sources of Environmental Influence on Cognitive Abilities in Adulthood. C.L. Johnson, Family Functioning and Intellectual Functioning in Later Life. G.M. Ehrle, Grandchildren as Moderator Variables in the Family, Social, Physiological, and Intellectual Development of Grandparents Who Are Raising Them. R.J. Sternberg, E.L. Grigorenko, Degree of Embeddedness of Ecological Systems as a Measure of Ease of Adaptation to the Environment.