Richard A. Weinberg

Richard A. Weinberg is an American developmental psychologist. Weinberg was born in

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in 1943. He received his

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education at the

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. For most of his career, Weinberg has taught at the

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after earning his

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there in 1968. He is known for his Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study with

Sandra Scarr Sandra Wood Scarr (August 8, 1936 – October 8, 2021) was an American psychologist and writer. She was the first female full professor in psychology in the history of Yale University. She established core resources for the study of development, ...

. This study concluded that "rather than the home environment having a cumulative impact across development, its influence wanes from early childhood to adolescence." Weinberg has served on the board of directors of the

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and the American Psychological Society. With

Richard M. Lerner Richard M. Lerner (born February 23, 1946) is professor of Human Development at Tufts University, occupying the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science. Also at Tufts, he directs the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development.

and Celia Fisher, he was a founding editor of ''

Applied Developmental Science ''Applied Developmental Science'' a is peer-reviewed academic journal on developmental psychology published by Taylor & Francis. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted or indexed in:Richard A. Weinberg profile
via

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