1. 4/6/2017
Chapter Three
Nature vs. Nurture
Mr. Gambale

2. Genetics A,T,C,G -> Genes -> DNA-> Chromosomes
Chimpanzee vs. a pumpkin
Natural Selection
Mutations
Evolutionary Psychology
How much of human behavior is evolutionarily determined?
Sexual Assertiveness Studies
Hindsight Bias

3. Individual Differences
Behavior Genetics
How much do genes really matter?
Top-down approach
Twin Studies
Bouchard’s Minnesota Twin Study
Adoption Studies
Are adopted children more like their biological or adoptive parents?
Temperament Studies
Does a newborn’s temperament have any predictive ability as to their future personality?

4. Heritability What does it mean when a trait has 75% heritability?
The Bell Curve
Gene Environment Interaction
Molecular Genetics
bottom-up
“Which genes effect behavior and how much?”

5. Environmental Factors
How important are parents?
Prenatal Care
Placenta Matters
“Richness of Surroundings”
Enriched rats
“Use it or lose it”
Peer Influence
Peers often matter as much as adults
Culture
Norms, mores, memes

6. Womanly manly, or Manly Womanly?
Gender vs. Sex
Gender roles
Gender Identity
Gender Typing
Social Learning Theory
Gender Schema Theory