04 Nature / Nurture
What parts of you were you born with, and
what parts were created after birth?
Class presentation video:
Nature / Nurture
What topics do you need help with?
What topics do you need help with?
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A. The genome
B. The nature / nurture interaction
C. Gene mutations
D. Evolutionary theory of behavior
E. I understand
What topics do you need help with?
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A. Effect of environment on synapses
B. Social norms
C. Personal space
D. Romance and individualism
E. I understand
What topics do you need help with?
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A. Gender as related to “tend and befriend”
B. Relationship between age and empathy
C. Gender roles
D. I understand
Adoptive parents are least likely to
influence the ________ of their
adopted children.
A.
B.
C.
D.
personality traits
religious beliefs
political attitudes
moral values
Adoptive parents are least likely to
influence the ________ of their
adopted children.
A.
B.
C.
D.
personality traits
religious beliefs
political attitudes
moral values
Little Bethany loves new faces and stimuli, and
laughs easily. People respond to her with
playful smiles and tickles, which makes her
giggle and ask for more. This represents
___________ between genetic predispositions
and environments.
A.
B.
C.
D.
an interaction
natural selection
heritability
gender typing
Little Bethany loves new faces and stimuli, and
laughs easily. People respond to her with
playful smiles and tickles, which makes her
giggle and ask for more. This represents
___________ between genetic predispositions
and environments.
A.
B.
C.
D.
an interaction
natural selection
heritability
gender typing
Sugar and spice and everything nice,
that’s what little girls are made of. .
.This saying reflects perspectives about
human beings. Which of the following
perspectives does this saying reflect?
A.
B.
C.
D.
nature
nurture
both nature and nurture
neither nature nor nurture
Sugar and spice and everything nice,
that’s what little girls are made of. .
.This saying reflects perspectives about
human beings. Which of the following
perspectives does this saying reflect?
A.
B.
C.
D.
nature
nurture
both nature and nurture
neither nature nor nurture
You are what you eat. This saying
reflects perspectives about human
beings. Which of the following
perspectives does this saying reflect?
A.
B.
C.
D.
nature
nurture
both nature and nurture
neither nature nor nurture
You are what you eat. This saying
reflects perspectives about human
beings. Which of the following
perspectives does this saying reflect?
A.
B.
C.
D.
nature
nurture
both nature and nurture
neither nature nor nurture
If weight were 50 percent heritable, it
would be most accurate to say that:
A. your weight is equally influenced by nature and by
nurture.
B. your mother’s genes are responsible for half of your
weight, and your father’s genes explain the other half.
C. nature explains about half of the differences we observe
among people.
D. there is very little you can do to override the power of
your genes in influencing your weight.
If weight were 50 percent heritable, it
would be most accurate to say that:
A. your weight is equally influenced by nature and by
nurture.
B. your mother’s genes are responsible for half of your
weight, and your father’s genes explain the other half.
C. nature explains about half of the differences we
observe among people.
D. there is very little you can do to override the power of
your genes in influencing your weight.
Discussion group
• 1. What parts of your personality do you feel are the result of nature,
nurture, or a combination of the two?
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• 2. When growing up, what effect did your peers have on you?
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• 3. How did your culture influence you (whether you were born in America,
or grew up in another culture)?
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• 4. How do you feel your gender influenced your personality?
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• 5. How would your gender roles been different had you been born in
another culture?
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• 6. Do you see any examples of the evolutionary explanation of human
sexuality?