Nature vs Nurture
NATURE VS NURTURE
I. Human development is based in 2 assumptions
A. having the capacity to become a member of human society
B. becoming a social being through interaction
II. Nature and Nurture
A. Nature biological factors implies the contribution of heredity to the human being human potential determiner examples: height, weight, health
B. Nurture social environment all things that influence affects our human potential examples: nutrition, emotional experiences, psychological experiences
III. The effects of nature and nurture are inseparable.
A. There is an interaction that exists between the 2.
Example: Intelligence
Nature- inherited through genes (could either be musical, verbal, mathematical, etc.); one may have a complex mix
Nurture-factors that may affect intelligence: diet, exercise, environment
IV. Social Isolation- depriving human beings from social experience
- through this we can see the crucial role of social experience to human development
-Sociologist Kingsley Davis
A. Isabelle’s Case- a 6 yr. old child, with rickets, was raised by her mute and deaf mother in her grandfather’s attic
B. Anna’s Case- a child who was isolated and shut-off from her family
V. Feral Children- untamed, savage, and wild - suffered from extreme social isolation
-has lived away from human contact from a very young age
-raised in the wild by wild animals
- Richard P. Appelbaum and William J. Chambliss (1997)
A. Genie’s Case- a child who was raised in near isolation for the first twelve years of her life
B. Victor’s Case- a French feral child who spent his majority of childhood in the woods
VI. Institutionalized Children- Rene Spitz (1945)
A. Compared the infants in an orphanage with those in the in a women’s prison nurseries
VII. Harlow Study- “Monkey Love Experiment” by Harry Harlow (1950s)
A. Infants monkeys developed greater social attachments from their need for warmth, comport, and intimacy
I. Human development is based in 2 assumptions
A. having the capacity to become a member of human society
B. becoming a social being through interaction
II. Nature and Nurture
A. Nature biological factors implies the contribution of heredity to the human being human potential determiner examples: height, weight, health
B. Nurture social environment all things that influence affects our human potential examples: nutrition, emotional experiences, psychological experiences
III. The effects of nature and nurture are inseparable.
A. There is an interaction that exists between the 2.
Example: Intelligence
Nature- inherited through genes (could either be musical, verbal, mathematical, etc.); one may have a complex mix
Nurture-factors that may affect intelligence: diet, exercise, environment
IV. Social Isolation- depriving human beings from social experience
- through this we can see the crucial role of social experience to human development
-Sociologist Kingsley Davis
A. Isabelle’s Case- a 6 yr. old child, with rickets, was raised by her mute and deaf mother in her grandfather’s attic
B. Anna’s Case- a child who was isolated and shut-off from her family
V. Feral Children- untamed, savage, and wild - suffered from extreme social isolation
-has lived away from human contact from a very young age
-raised in the wild by wild animals
- Richard P. Appelbaum and William J. Chambliss (1997)
A. Genie’s Case- a child who was raised in near isolation for the first twelve years of her life
B. Victor’s Case- a French feral child who spent his majority of childhood in the woods
VI. Institutionalized Children- Rene Spitz (1945)
A. Compared the infants in an orphanage with those in the in a women’s prison nurseries
VII. Harlow Study- “Monkey Love Experiment” by Harry Harlow (1950s)
A. Infants monkeys developed greater social attachments from their need for warmth, comport, and intimacy