1. Nature vs. Nurture

2. “Life is like a game of cards
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.” Nehru

3. Consider Dolly….
Would a human clone’s adult personality mimic the person donating the genetic code? -or- Would he/she be unique?

4. What is "Nature vs. Nurture"
Nature versus nurture" is a psychology term related to whether heredity or the environment most impacts human psychological development (behavior, habits, intelligence, personality, sexuality, aggressive tendencies, and so on).

5. Nature
In the "nature vs nurture" debate, nature refers to an individual's innate qualities (nativism).
Example: Nature is your genes. The physical and Personality traits determined by your genes stay the same irrespective of where you were born and raised.
Factors: Biological and Family

6. Nature When biology determines behavior…
Explains why people who are related to each other- resemble each other

7. Recessive vs. dominant genes
Recessive genes= two recessive genes must be paired to produce characteristic Dominant genes= need no pairing. produce characteristic every time

8. How alike are we?
98.4% like Chimpanzees

10. The importance of twin studies…
Identical twins reared apart (separated at birth)studied to see the effect of environment.
Adopted fraternal twins studied to see the effect of inheritance.

11. What does research suggest?
Identical Twins Separated
Adopted Twins
Values
Interests
Motor skills
Reading, spelling, writing
Intelligence
Medical issues
Personality
Attitude Manners Faith Politics Work ethic

12. nurture
Is your brain hard-wired and unchangeable- or does the environment actually produces changes in the brain? It depends….

13. Nurture
In the "nature vs nurture" debate, nurture refers to personal experiences (i.e. empiricism or behaviorism).
Example: Nurture refers to your childhood, or how you were brought up. Someone could be born with genes to give them a normal height, but be malnourished in childhood, resulting in stunted growth and a failure to develop as expected.
Factors : Environmental and Social

14. Environment is complex
Culture= similarities/diversity
Circumstances
Economics
Opportunities
Skills learned

15. Time when we are especially sensitive to learning
Critical periods
Time when we are especially sensitive to learning
Begins and ends abruptly
Beyond this period, growth will not occur

16. Where does our personality come from?
Nature:
It’s genetic
You were “born that way”
It is inherited from one or both parents
Nurture:
It’s environmental
You’ve acquired it because of
life experiences and circumstances