Genes, Environments, and Differential Susceptibility Current Topics in Evolutionary Developmental Psychology
Book contents
- Genes, Environments, and Differential Susceptibility
- Genes, Environments, and Differential Susceptibility
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Background and Theoretical Foundations of Jay Belsky’s Work in Evolutionary Developmental Psychology
- Part II Parent–Child Relations and Attachment
- Part III Life-Course Development from Prenatal Environment through Childhood to Adulthood
- Chapter 7 Teacher–Student Relationships Are a Developmental Context
- Chapter 8 The Childhood Roots of Vaccine Hesitance and Resistance
- Part IV Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Biography of Jay Belsky
- Index
- References
Chapter 7 - Teacher–Student Relationships Are a Developmental Context
from Part III - Life-Course Development from Prenatal Environment through Childhood to Adulthood
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 September 2025
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Book contents
- Genes, Environments, and Differential Susceptibility
- Genes, Environments, and Differential Susceptibility
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Background and Theoretical Foundations of Jay Belsky’s Work in Evolutionary Developmental Psychology
- Part II Parent–Child Relations and Attachment
- Part III Life-Course Development from Prenatal Environment through Childhood to Adulthood
- Chapter 7 Teacher–Student Relationships Are a Developmental Context
- Chapter 8 The Childhood Roots of Vaccine Hesitance and Resistance
- Part IV Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Biography of Jay Belsky
- Index
- References
Summary
Relationships between teachers and students are a focus of both developmental and educational science, with implications for policies and experiences that affect millions of students globally. These relationships can be measured through various methods and have unique value for students’ learning and development, and they can be improved systematically. The study of teacher–student relationships confirms the value of adult–child relationships in human development more generally, with evidence of links to mechanisms of differential susceptibility and other broad developmental phenomena. Additional scientific efforts to understand the co-regulating linkages among social settings in classrooms, dyadic processes between teachers and students, and their respective individual developmental capacities hold promise for advancing developmental theory and its application in educational contexts.
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