1. MODULE 3
3 ISSUES ON HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
Prepared By: Victoria L. Bibanco
John Albert G. Balisi
2. 1. Nature versus Nurture
Nature – refers to an individual’s biological
inheritance. It refers to all of the genes and
hereditary factors that influence who we are-from
our physical appearance to our personality
characteristics.
Nurture – refers to environmental experience. It is
generally taken as the influence of external factors
after conception, e.g., the product of exposure, life
experiences and learning on an individual.
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4. NATURE VS. NURTURE
• Biological factors
• Refers to an individual’
quality or traits
• Attributes like
personality, likes,
dislikes and sexual
orientation are
gene-coded in DNA
• Controversial Religious
• Environmental factor
• Refers to an individual’s
personal experiences
• Attributes like behavior
and or personality can
be conditioned or
changed based on
environment
• Controversial Religious
5. 2. Continuity versus Discontinuity
Continuity – Does development involved gradual,
cumulative change. Children become more skillful in
thinking, talking or acting much the same way as they
get taller
Discontinuity – Distinct change. The discontinuity
view sees development as more abrupt-a succession
of changes that produce different behaviors in
different age-specific life periods called stages.
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7. 3. Stability versus Change
Stability – Stability implies personality traits
present during infancy endure throughout the
lifespan.
In contrast, Change theorists argue that
personalities are modified by interactions with family,
experiences at school, and acculturation. This
capacity for change is called plasticity
