Hmm. It might be just the opposite. I would guess that ifficult children are likely to be the MOST resilient, since they demand the most from their social and physical environments. There is a classic African study, reference escapes me at the moment, in which after a major drought, the "easy" babies in the village died (n = < 10 or so if memory serves), but the "difficult" babies survived. Not that anyone should want a difficult child, of course, because there are lots of other negative concomitants that go along with temperamental difficulty.
Wallace Dixon East Tennessee State University -----Original Message----- From: Rob Weisskirch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 7/2/2003 1:57 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Cc: Subject: Is resiliency a phenotype? TIPSfolk, In my summer school class, a student responded to a question on the section on evolutionary psych/ sociobiology that resiliency in children is a phenotype. I think that this student picked up on an interesting idea, but I'm not sure if "resiliency" fits the defintion of phenotype. However, one could say that a child who is resilient might fit the Thomas and Chess notion of an "easy" temperament, which might be considered a "phenotype." Opinions? Rob Rob Weisskirch, MSW, Ph.D. Human Development Program Department of Liberal Studies, Building 15 100 Campus Center California State University, Monterey Bay Seaside, CA 93955-8001 (831) 582-5079 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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