1. Bellwork 10-21/22 Which do you think has a greater influence on the kind of a adult a child grows up to be? – Genetics or Parenting? Explain.

2. Personality Development

3. What is Personality? Personality is the sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are the characteristic of an individual. Nobody has the same personality Some aspects of personality stay the same, others change. – Less change as you age.

4. Nature vs. Nurture Four Factors that shape individual personality development Heredity: Physical traits, aptitude, inherited capacities, biological drive

5. Hereditary Physical traits – Build, hair type, eye color, skin color, etc… Aptitude – A capacity to learn a particular skill (natural) Inherited Capacities and Biological Drive

6. Nature vs. Nurture Five Factors that shape individual personality development Heredity: Physical traits, aptitude, inherited capacities, biological drive Parents: Parental characteristics such as age, education, religion, and economic status.

7. Parents Parental characteristics – Age – Education – Religion – Economic Status

8. Nature vs. Nurture Five Factors that shape individual personality development Heredity: Physical traits, aptitude, inherited capacities, biological drive Birth Order: # of Siblings, order of birth compared to another Parents: Parental characteristics such as age, education, religion, and economic status.

9. Birth Order Number of siblings, order of birth compared to another

10. Nature vs. Nurture Five Factors that shape individual personality development Heredity: Physical traits, aptitude, inherited capacities, biological drive Birth Order: # of Siblings, order of birth compared to another Cultural Environment: Determines the basic personality types found in an environment Parents: Parental characteristics such as age, education, religion, and economic status.

11. Cultural Environment Determines the basic personality types found in an environment vs.

12. Nature vs. Nurture YOUR NAME YOUR HEREDITARY YOUR BIRTH ORDER YOUR CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT YOUR PARENTS

13. Isolation in Childhood Some people grow up without a cultural environment. – Feral Children – Most feral children are neglected by parents Locked in closet, attic, etc Very little to no human contact Sometimes raised by animals if abandoned outside. – Feral children usually have few human characteristics Can’t speak, control their body, no manners, no ability to reason. WHY?