No Two Alike
Human Nature and Human Individuality

Este libro continúa la anterior obra de la autora, El mito de la educación. Una vez en el anterior estableció que los padres tenemos una mínima influencia en el desarrollo de la personalidad de nuestros hijos, y que el estilo de crianza da bastante igual, la autora explora el por qué incluso los gem......more

The author suggests that there are three main factors besides genes and environment (nature and nurture) that influence our personalities: the desire for favorable relationships, the need to be a member of a group, and the drive to maintain status within that group and those relationships. In order......more

A masterful presentation of how we become who we are This is an outstanding book on social and developmental psychology based primarily on evolutionary psychology, cognitive psychology and neuroscience--the new paradigm that's revolutionizing academic psychology. It's engagingly written, authoritativ......more

Judith eloquently proves for over 300 pages why the home environment doesn’t determine the outcome of a child’s life as much as we would like to think.......more

I don't think that Judith Rich Harris is the final authority on her topic, but she does an impressive job of synthesizing research on the development of personality. She also piercingly explains specific statistical techniques and research methods (and points out instances of others' sloppy work!).......more