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Terrie Edith Moffitt MBE FBA (born March 9, 1955) is an American-British clinical psychologist who is best known for her pioneering research on the development of antisocial behavior and for her collaboration with colleague and partner Avshalom Caspi in research on gene-environment interactions in mental disorders.
According to Terrie Moffitt, there are 3 etiological hypotheses for adolescent-limited offenders: 1. Adolescence-limited antisocial behavior is motivated by the gap between biological maturity and social maturity 2. It is learned from antisocial models who are easily mimicked. 3.
Avshalom Caspi (born May 5, 1960) is an Israeli-American psychologist. He is the Edward M. Arnett Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University and Professor of Personality Development at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience.
Terrie Moffitt (born 1955), German-born American clinical psychologist; Terrie Pickerill, American political strategist; Terrie Suit (born 1964), French-born American politician; Terrie Sultan (born 1952), American art historian and museum director; Terrie John Trosper (1969–1991), Satanic panic victim; Terrie Waddell, Australian actress
The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (also known as the Dunedin Study) is a detailed study of human health, development and behaviour.Based at the University of Otago in New Zealand, the Dunedin Study has followed the lives of 1037 babies born between 1 April 1972 and 31 March 1973 at Dunedin's former Queen Mary Maternity Centre since their birth.
It Can't Happen Here is a 1935 dystopian political novel by the American author Sinclair Lewis. [1] Set in a fictionalized version of the 1930s United States, it follows an American politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator (in allusion to Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Nazi Germany), and Doremus Jessup, a newspaper editor ...
Carter was born and raised in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, and lived beside a synagogue in a mostly-Italian neighborhood.Raised in a bilingual home, [1] [5] his mother, Mercedes, was a native of the Dominican Republic, [3] [4] [5] and his father, William DeCoste, was of Argentinian and African-American descent [3] [5] who operated a radio repair business. [6]
J. Fred Muggs (born March 14, 1952) is a chimpanzee born in the African colony of French Cameroon that forms part of modern-day Cameroon.Brought to New York City before his first birthday, he was bought by two former NBC pages and eventually appeared on a host of television shows on that network including NBC's Today Show where he served as mascot from 1953 to 1957.