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Nature

VS

Nurture

Most theories grant some role to both NATURE and NURTURE

"Nature" is a pre-wiring that is influenced by genetic inheritance.

The heredity information we receive from our parents at the moment of conception.

Do children acquire language because they are genetically predisposed to do so?

What accounts for the vast individual differences among children?

Or do they acquire language because parents teach them form an early age?

Genetics

Height

Weight

Physical Coordination

Intelligence

Social Skills

Theories either support

Nature

Children that have specific characteristics

Sociability

will remain so throughout their life.

Verbal Skills

Rousseau

John Bowlby

Nurture

Regarding environment as more influential

Early experiences lead to lifelong characteristics

John Locke

Erik Erikson

Sigmund Freud

How can we research this?

Why can studying twins who are separated at birth give us information about the Nature VS Nurture debate?

Twin Studies

Write-Pair-Share

Essential Question:

Nature and Nurture: The Study of Twins

Why might we want to know if a personal trait was created by our environment or inherited genetically by our parents?

Before we had modern research and twin studies to help us understand childhood...

Which aspects of myself come from my environment and what aspects come from my genetics?

There were THEORISTS

Twins: Is it All in the Genes?

Before the 17th Century

Childhood was not seen as separate from adulthood

A common view was that children are born evil

And parents needed to use harsh punishments to "civilize" the children

"Nurture" is the influence of external factors after conception.

Our life experiences (prenatal-death), and our surroundings

First Child Development Theorists

(1632-1704)

Environment

John Locke

(1712-1778)

Hello students!

I viewed children as a "Tabula rasa," which is Latin for "Blank slate."

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Parents

=

They can mold the child in any way they wish

"Rational Tutors"

Children begin with nothing at all- Their character is shaped entirely by experience.

Unlike John Locke, Rousseau believed that children have

Rousseau believed that adults needed to be receptive to children's various needs in each of his four stages of development:

A built in moral sense

"Children are not blank slates, or empty containers that need to be filled by adult instruction."

Childhood

Infancy

Rewards

A unique way of thinking and feeling

"They are 'Noble Savages', naturally endowed with a sense of right and wrong."

Adolescence

Late Childhood

For good behavior

Rousseau believed that ADULT TRAINING could harm the child's natural gifts

John Locke was

Opposed to physical punishments

Which side of the debate is Rousseau?

British Philosopher

NATURE

"The child repeatedly beaten in school cannot look upon books and teachers without experiencing fear and anger."

-John Locke

Which side of the debate is Locke?

NURTURE

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