Nature Vs Nurture

Nature vs.
Nurture
Chapters 10 and 13
Nature vs. Nurture Quiz

Answer True or False for the following questions
1. Even complex human traits are determined
by a single gene
2. Peoples divorce risks are about 50%
attributable to genetic factors
3. Adoptees traits bear more similar to their
adoptive parents than to their biological parents
4. Two different children in the same family are
on average as different from one another as are
pairs of children selected from the general
population
Nature vs. Nurture Quiz cont

5.
If after a worldwide catastrophe only

Icelanders and Kenyans survived, the
human species would soon be just as
mixed and diverse as it is now
6. A child who hears English spoken with
one accent at home and another in the
neighborhood or at school adopts the
accent of their peers, not their parents
7. Compared with Westerners, people in
Japan exhibit greater concern for social
harmony and loyalty
Nature vs. Nurture Quiz cont

8.
Seven weeks after conception, males

and females remain anatomically
identical
9. Even when families discourage
gender typing, children still organize
themselves into boy worlds and girl
worlds
Nature vs. Nurture Quiz Answers

1.
False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False
6. True
7. True
8. True
9. True
Heredity vs. Environment

Heredity-
characteristics obtained
directly from the genes
Environment- persons surroundings
(which influence a persons
characteristics)
Journal-
which do you think has the

greatest influence? Nature? Nurture?
Why?
Heredity
Genes Ex
basic units of heredity
eye color, hair color, body build, etc.
Chromosomes-
structures containing
genes
All
human cells contain 46 chromosomes

(23 pairs), except for reproductive cells
which contain 23 chromosomes (1/2 of a
pair, so they can attach to the other half to
make a person)
Gender
X
Chromosome
In
both men and women (men have 1,

women have 2)
X Chromosome from each parent produces a
female child
Y
Chromosome
Only
in men (men have 1)

Y Chromosome when paired with the X
Chromosome from the mother produces a
male child
Gender Roles
Gender
Role- set of expected behaviors

for men and women
Gender Identity- ones sense of being
male or female
Gender Roles Quiz

Take
Gender Roles Quiz

What messages do you remember
picking up from parents/teachers/the
media growing up about boys and girls?
Which messages will you give your own
child one day?
If you could change some messages
which would you change? Why?
Gender Roles Quiz cont

What
does it mean to be a strong man?

What about a strong woman? Are they
different?
Which careers do you classify as male?
As female? Will this influence you one
day?
In an ideal world how would gender
look?
Gender Roles Quiz

Take
the Gender Roles in the Home Quiz

1 F, 2 F, 3 M, 4 F, 5 M, 6 M, 7 M, 8 M, 9 F, 10
M, 11 F, 12 M, 13 F, 14 M, 15 F, 16 F
Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary
Psychology- the study of

the evolution of behavior and the mind,
using the principles of natural selection
Natural Selection- the principle that,
among the range of inherited trait
variations, those that lead to increase
reproduction and survival will most likely
be passed on to succeeding generations
World
wide, men preferred attractive

physical features suggesting youth and
health and women preferred resources
and social status
Evolutionary Psychology Quiz

Take

#1 Most people picked 5 year old
More
attached to older child, known longer

Child speaks, has emotions, etc.
Not as close to infant
Infant cant speak, do anything
#2
Most people picked 20 year old
20
year old still has a lot of life ahead, too

young to die
40 year told has lived his/her life, older and
ready more ready to die
Evolutionary Psychology Quiz cont

#3
Men say younger
youth
and appearance, better chance to

procreate, healthier
Women say older

settled,
mature, family man
Men
and women rate kindness high

Men rate attractiveness higher
Men rate exciting personality higher
Women rate ambition and motivation higher
Women rate financial prospects higher

#5
Most people say mother of the mother
Assume
mothers are more nurturing and caring,

so double pick double mother
#6
Most people say death of a son
Men
valued more, can carry on family name, can

provide for family if needed
#7
Most people say death of a healthy child
Not
fair, sudden, child go on to procreate

Unhealthy child ok, prepared for death
Rate
your 4 grandparents on a scale of

1-100 (1 cold, no relationship, 100 very
warm, great relationship)
Do mother mother, mother father, father
mother, and father father
Most people rate mother mother highest
and father father lowest
Maybe grandparents follow Evolutionary
Psychology too?
Twin Studies
Used
to debate nature vs. nurture

Identical twins- one egg that splits
the
most alike any 2 people can be
Fraternal
twins- 2 eggs
as
different as regular
siblings or 2 random people
Read
about Minnesota
Twin Study
Individualism vs. Collectivism

Individualism-
giving priority to ones own goals

over group goals and defining ones identity in
terms of personal attributes rather than group
identifications
Collectivism- giving priority to the goals of ones
group (often ones extended family or work
group) and defining ones identity accordingly
Western cultures (America/Europe) tend to be
more individualist than Eastern cultures
(Asia/Africa)
Value Contrasts Between Individualism and Collectivism

Concept
Individualism
Collectivism
Self
Independent
(identity from individual traits)
Interdependent
identity from belonging)
Life task
Discover and express ones

uniqueness
Maintain connections, fit in
What matters
Me--personal achievement and

fulfillment; rights and liberties
We-group goals and solidarity;

social responsibilities and
relationships
Coping method
Change reality
Accommodate to reality
Morality
Defined by individuals
(self-based)
Defined by social networks

(duty-based)
Relationships
Many, often temporary or casual;

confrontation acceptable
Few, close and enduring;

harmony valued
Attributing
behaviors
Behavior reflects ones personality

and attitudes
Behavior reflects social

and roles
Individualism vs. Collectivism

Take
Individualism vs. Collectivism Quiz

Answers
Give
yourself the amount of points of the

number you chose for questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 7,
9
Reverse the numbers (ex. 1=5) for questions
3, 6, 8, and 10
The higher your score the more collectivist
you are, the lower your school the more
collectivist you are

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Nature vs. Nurture Quiz

Nature vs. Nurture Quiz cont

If after a worldwide catastrophe only

Nature vs. Nurture Quiz cont

Seven weeks after conception, males

Nature vs. Nurture Quiz Answers

Heredity vs. Environment

which do you think has the

basic units of heredity

eye color, hair color, body build, etc.

human cells contain 46 chromosomes

both men and women (men have 1,

in men (men have 1)

Role- set of expected behaviors

Gender Roles Quiz

Gender Roles Quiz

Gender Roles Quiz cont

does it mean to be a strong man?

Gender Roles Quiz

the Gender Roles in the Home Quiz

Psychology- the study of

wide, men preferred attractive

Evolutionary Psychology Quiz

Evolutionary Psychology Quiz

attached to older child, known longer

Most people picked 20 year old

year old still has a lot of life ahead, too

Evolutionary Psychology Quiz cont

Men say younger

and appearance, better chance to

Women say older

mature, family man

and women rate kindness high

Evolutionary Psychology Quiz

Most people say mother of the mother

mothers are more nurturing and caring,

Most people say death of a son

valued more, can carry on family name, can

Most people say death of a healthy child

fair, sudden, child go on to procreate

your 4 grandparents on a scale of

to debate nature vs. nurture

most alike any 2 people can be

Individualism vs. Collectivism

giving priority to ones own goals

Value Contrasts Between Individualism and Collectivism

Discover and express ones

Maintain connections, fit in

Me--personal achievement and

We-group goals and solidarity;

Defined by social networks

Many, often temporary or casual;

Few, close and enduring;

Behavior reflects ones personality

Behavior reflects social

Individualism vs. Collectivism

Individualism vs. Collectivism Quiz