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Nature Versus NurtureNature Versus Nurture

Nature Versus NurtureNature Versus Nurture

There is a long-standing dispute among There is a long-standing dispute among philosophers and psychologists over philosophers and psychologists over the importance of the environment, the importance of the environment, upbringing, experience, and learning upbringing, experience, and learning (‘(‘nurturenurture’), and heredity: genetic ’), and heredity: genetic inheritance (‘inheritance (‘naturenature’), in determining ’), in determining the make-up of an person, as related the make-up of an person, as related to human personality and intelligence. to human personality and intelligence.

Nature versus NurtureNature versus Nurture

• Nature:Nature:

How you are born.How you are born.

• NurtureNurture

How you are brought up. How you are brought up.

Which statement do you most Which statement do you most agree with?agree with?

• We are all born the same and we We are all born the same and we change as we grow older.change as we grow older.

• We are all born differently, with We are all born differently, with personality traits already established.personality traits already established.

• We are all born with some things the We are all born with some things the same and some things different, which same and some things different, which may change as we grow older. may change as we grow older.

Nature or Nurture?Nature or Nurture?

• IntelligenceIntelligence• BehaviourBehaviour• Our beliefs and moralsOur beliefs and morals• The way we speakThe way we speak• Our hobbiesOur hobbies• Our healthOur health• Sexual orientationSexual orientation

Which is the stronger force?Which is the stronger force?

Which statement do you most Which statement do you most agree with now?agree with now?

• We are all born the same and we We are all born the same and we change as we grow older.change as we grow older.

• We are all born differently, with We are all born differently, with personality traits already established.personality traits already established.

• We are all born with some things the We are all born with some things the same and some things different, which same and some things different, which may change as we grow older. may change as we grow older.

TaskTask

Think about Mickey and Edward. They Think about Mickey and Edward. They both have the same Mum (nature) but both have the same Mum (nature) but they are brought up by different families they are brought up by different families (nurture). (nurture).

• Write down all the ways in which the Write down all the ways in which the boys are the same and all the ways in boys are the same and all the ways in which they are different. Then decide which they are different. Then decide whether these things are to do with whether these things are to do with nature or nurture.nature or nurture.