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In the study of personality, one of the biggest areas of controversy is the nature-nurture debate, "whether inherited bio characteristics or learned/environmental forces has more of an impact on personality development"
Nature
Genes: biological building blocks that determine a person's characteristics
- Found in chromosomes (46 in every cell; 23 given from each parent)
Nurture
- read page 83-85 and answer the following questions:
(1) What are some factors in the environment that play a role in personality development?
(2) How does the media influence personality? How does it affect our self-concept?
estrogen: female sex hormone
- "This debate is important to politicians (policy-makers) and decision-makers as they allocate resources to society"
- read page 86 answer the following question:
(1) Give an example from the reading to show that the statement above is true.
sexual orientation - whether a person is attracted to a person of the same sex, opposite sex or both
identical twins - identical genes
fraternal twins - have half the genes in common