Nature Versus Nurture
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CheckPoint: The Nature-Nurture Issue CheckPoint: The Nature-Nurture Issue | 30.0 | 30.0 | Comment: In answering this checkpoint, you could refer to the text example of a musician playing music and the end product. The point is that the output requires full contribution of both nature (genetics) and nurture (various environmental inputs). They are "inexorably intertwined." Moreover, you needed to point out that the study of nature and nurture is best for examining differences between individuals rather than the development of phenotypes within an individual. You could mention how researches "hold constant" one variable to determine the influence of one or the other Again, you could refer to the various studies mentioned in the book, such as those with twins.
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The concepts behind the nature versus nurture perspectives revolve around the idea that human behavior can be linked to either nature, or inherited factors, in comparison to the role of nurture, behavior learned through experience (Pinel, 2007). John Watson, known to be the father of behavioralism, suggests behavior is not dependent upon nature at all. In fact, Watson went so far as to imply a child born to a murderer or prostitute has no predetermination of doom due to their genetic link to the parent. Instead Watson is emphatic that through the nurturing process the child has the potential to become a well-rounded, productive and successful member of society (Pinel, 2007). The nature-nurture issue was eventually
CheckPoint: The Nature-Nurture Issue CheckPoint: The Nature-Nurture Issue | 30.0 | 30.0 | Comment: In answering this checkpoint, you could refer to the text example of a musician playing music and the end product. The point is that the output requires full contribution of both nature (genetics) and nurture (various environmental inputs). They are "inexorably intertwined." Moreover, you needed to point out that the study of nature and nurture is best for examining differences between individuals rather than the development of phenotypes within an individual. You could mention how researches "hold constant" one variable to determine the influence of one or the other Again, you could refer to the various studies mentioned in the book, such as those with twins.
Overall, you did a nice job in answering this checkpoint. | | |
The concepts behind the nature versus nurture perspectives revolve around the idea that human behavior can be linked to either nature, or inherited factors, in comparison to the role of nurture, behavior learned through experience (Pinel, 2007). John Watson, known to be the father of behavioralism, suggests behavior is not dependent upon nature at all. In fact, Watson went so far as to imply a child born to a murderer or prostitute has no predetermination of doom due to their genetic link to the parent. Instead Watson is emphatic that through the nurturing process the child has the potential to become a well-rounded, productive and successful member of society (Pinel, 2007). The nature-nurture issue was eventually
References: Pinel, J.P. (2007). Basics of biopsychology. Boston: Pearson Education.