Nature and nurture
What makes you who you are? Write down three things
The genetic code passed along by your parents the moment you were conceived. Ex. Being exposed to viruses or drugs while in the womb. Consuming clean water and whole foods as opposed to lower quality foods and contaminated water
Nurture – the environmental factors that affect us from childhood to death. Ex. Learning how your culture expects boys and girls to act. Making life choices such as a career or where to live
The presence of a predisposition for colon or breast cancer or some other disease does not necessarily doom one to getting the disease. Predisposition means that the possibilitiy of developing a disease exists. Whether that possibility will become reality often depends on environmental factors (poor diet, polluted air and stress)
Define predisposition on pg. 41
Are your earlobes attached or not attached? Can you flip your tongue? When you interlock your fingers which thumb is on top (Not genetics)
What is the belief of evolutionary psychology as to why humans are alike?
If you had an identical twin, but never met them would they grow up to be exactly like you? How would they be similar? How would they be different? F79LY F79LY
Write this down. Identical twins are natures clones. They are genetically the same. Beginning life from the same fertilized egg. bXQ bXQ UI UI
Write this down Write this down Fraternal twins develop from two different fertilized eggs and are no more similar than any other two siblings N8Vw N8Vw
Herit – comes from inherit. To possess something that someone else has given you. We inherit our traits and qualities from our parents. Ability – Capability. A trait that is genetically passed on from one generation to the next. A trait capable of showing up in the children of people who possess that quality.
What is heritability? What side of the nature-nurture debate do twin studies seem to support? (give specificexamples)
The biological parents are providing the nature and the adoptive parents are providing the nurture. By the time a 2 week adopted girl becomes a 10 year old girl will her personality more closely resemble her biological or adopted parents personality?
What side of the nature-nurture debate do adoption studies seem to support? (give specific examples)
How much credit do parents deserve for their child’s success? How much blame should we heap on parents if we start smoking? There are all sort of misguided claims. i.e. lenient parents who do not punish children creates children who are troublemakers.
Early learning Peer and parents Culture
Use your brain or loose it. Rats in under stimulated enviornments had a less developed cerebral cortex than those who had ramps, swings, wheels and other things to play with.
Your friends influence you. Teens who hang around peers who smoke are more likely to begin smoking than those who do not. Pre schoolers who will not eat a food at home are more likely to eat it if seated at a table with their friends.
Culture is the shared attributes, beliefs, norms and behaviours across a group or community. Ex. In Southern Europe, Asia, Africa and Central and South America mothers and babies sleep together in the same bed or in a bassinet next to the bed. In North America babies sleep in the crib often in a separate room.
Read pg How do the following environmental influences affect development: a) early learning and brain development? b) peers and parents? c) culture?
Complete the self-test on pgs 51 – 53.
MC 1-D, 2-A, 3-D, 4-D, 5-C Matching A-6, B-4, C-5, D-2, E-1, F-11, G-8, H-9 Fill in blank 7. Collectivist, individualistic, 8. Heritability, 9. Culture.
Identify nature as our genetic heritage passes on to us from our parents. Nurture is the environmental influences that shape behavior and cognition. Understand that while we inherit traits from our parents through genetics, we are not guaranteed to display those traits. Environmental influences can negate a predisposition leading to different behavior from an individual.