Life-span development is an important topic in psychology that has an entire course devoted to it (PSY 211). Human development is influenced by our environment and experiences. Research gives us clues on which has the most impact on a particular area, but we still do not have definitive answers. Choose a trait or behavior and state whether you believe it is influenced most strongly by nature or nurture. Back up your position with material from the text and information from a study or other credible source. For example, you might choose something such as a specific talent, sexual orientation/gender identity, or a certain type of prosocial/antisocial behavior. Most of us were taught (by our English teachers) to use MLA.  When I was in college, almost all classes used MLA.  Somewhere in the late nineties, MLA was surpassed by APA. Why do you think that may be? NO SPECIFIC WORD COUNT What do you already know about the purpose of thesis statements? What have been your past experiences in writing thesis statements? RESPOND TO STUDENT POST HUNTER POST The trait I would like to talk about is ambition.  I have a lot of it, I started my own software company not because I knew what I was doing but because I knew I couldn't work normal jobs. I believe this trait is nature.  Everyone told me to go to school and get a degree and get a regular job and grow your career.  I took a very unorthodox path and selected to do online school so I could build my company.  I have had many hard reality checks and I believe my environment pushed me to conform and become an employee.  Since I did not go down this path I believe ambition is a natural trait or at least in me.     ERIKA POST  For my topic, I chose sexuality.  Does living in an certain environment determine your sexuality? Living in a household or being raised by homosexual parents make a difference in the way you perceive your sexuality. According to our readings, a great deal of how we end up is based on how we are raised. Although, of course, just because you are raised by homosexual parents doesn't mean you will for certain be homosexual, there is a great deal of how we think and react will be based on how they raised you.  Another aspect of being raised by your environment would be morals, beliefs, and religion.  If you were raised Catholic, it is most likely that it will be your religion. There are many aspects in which how we are raised plays in part in who we are today, but there are also aspects in which we acquire on our own. Our personalities, sense of humor and our self viewing is something that we inquire as we get older.  SPENCER POST 50 WORD COUNT Learning addition and subtraction before multiplication and division would be beneficial to students because it allows them to learn basic problem solving skills and strategies that could be beneficial with more complicated multiplication and division problems. Students can move on to multiplication and division withou ...

1. Life-span development is an important topic in psychology that
has an entire course devoted to it (PSY 211). Human
development is influenced by our environment and experiences.
Research gives us clues on which has the most impact on a
particular area, but we still do not have definitive answers.
Choose a trait or behavior and state whether you believe it is
influenced most strongly by nature or nurture. Back up your
position with material from the text and information from a
study or other credible source. For example, you might choose
something such as a specific talent, sexual orientation/gender
identity, or a certain type of prosocial/antisocial behavior.
Most of us were taught (by our English teachers) to use MLA.
When I was in college, almost all classes used MLA.
Somewhere in the late nineties, MLA was surpassed by
APA. Why do you think that may be? NO SPECIFIC WORD
COUNT
What do you already know about the purpose of thesis
statements? What have been your past experiences in writing
thesis statements?

2. RESPOND TO STUDENT POST
HUNTER POST
The trait I would like to talk about is ambition. I have a lot of
it, I started my own software company not because I knew what
I was doing but because I knew I couldn't work normal jobs. I
believe this trait is nature. Everyone told me to go to school
and get a degree and get a regular job and grow your career. I
took a very unorthodox path and selected to do online school so
I could build my company. I have had many hard reality checks
and I believe my environment pushed me to conform and
become an employee. Since I did not go down this path I
believe ambition is a natural trait or at least in me.
ERIKA POST
For my topic, I chose sexuality. Does living in an certain
environment determine your sexuality? Living in a household or
being raised by homosexual parents make a difference in the
way you perceive your sexuality. According to our readings, a
great deal of how we end up is based on how we are raised.
Although, of course, just because you are raised by homosexual
parents doesn't mean you will for certain be homosexual, there
is a great deal of how we think and react will be based on how
they raised you. Another aspect of being raised by your
environment would be morals, beliefs, and religion. If you were

3. raised Catholic, it is most likely that it will be your religion.
There are many aspects in which how we are raised plays in part
in who we are today, but there are also aspects in which we
acquire on our own. Our personalities, sense of humor and our
self viewing is something that we inquire as we get older.
SPENCER POST 50 WORD COUNT
Learning addition and subtraction before multiplication and
division would be beneficial to students because it allows them
to learn basic problem solving skills and strategies that could be
beneficial with more complicated multiplication and division
problems. Students can move on to multiplication and division
without proficiency in addition and subtraction but I think it
they will have a harder time completing step 2 without
completing step 1 beforehand.
SPENCER POST 50 WORD COUNT
Differentiating math instructions is helpful because students
learn differently and not all students will understand the
material. Differentiating facilitates different ways for students
to have a greater understanding. It allows students to hear
different ways of the same thing and smart teacher would attack
a lesson from different angles, which allows students with
different learning styles to have a chance of learning and
conceptually understand the material. In the video they give
examples of those who are musical prefer to dig deep into the
formulas they dig deep into the formulas because they can come

4. up with a song or other mnemonic device to learn. Students who
prefer movement or actively engaging with the material would
enjoy an activity that allows them to get up and move while still
learning. I believe differentiating is essential because it allows
students to get a variety of different ways to learn the same
thing and gives them the option to pick which one is easier and
makes the most sense.
MIRANDA POST 100 WORD COUNTS
I can relate with you on forgetting what I read when I find the
text to be difficult. I have also found that reading out loud helps
me retain the information. I believe it is because I am giving
myself time to breakdown anything I may not understand. I have
found that when reading out loud, I can highlight or write down
what makes it difficult. Is it a word, or a phrase? Then I will
use my resources that I have and figure out the meaning.
Throughout the reading, I have written down notes for me
utilize for the next time I come a cross a difficult reading.
Previewing my reading before reading, can help eliminate the
things I do not understand. By looking them up before reading
the passage, I am able understand the word or phrase. While I
am reading it will be easier for me to relate the word/phrase
inside the passage instead of over looking it.
BILLY POST 100 WORD COUNT
I really took notice when the chapter talked about connecting
your personal experiences to reading. I like to make a
connection to the reading because it helps me better understand

5. it and also to retain any important information better by
remembering the connection I had made. I think it is important
to ask questions about the reading and answering them at the
end. It gives the reader a task to do while reading and answering
the questions he or she had can show if they understood what
they had read. You could brainstorm as well. I do this by
looking at the title of something and I will write down what
comes to mind about the title. I also look at the first few
sentences as well to see if there is any information I knew
about.
KARA POST 100 WORD COUNT
When I am reading something that I find difficult, I will read it
in small sections and take notes and highlight as I go. I will
reread the sections more than once to make sure that I am
understanding it. Definitions are a big thing for me to, I will
write down words that I do not know the meanings of and what
they mean in case I need to come back and reference it later. If I
do not understand something that I am reading after rereading
and looking up definitions and examples I will have someone
else read it and see if they understand it. If they do I ask them
to explain it to me. I will also ask the instructor for assistance. I
follow most of the steps that are covered in the chapter that
talks about difficult reading. These steps are important when
reading because you have to know what to do in case you do not
understand what you're reading.
ASHLEY POST 100 WORD COUNT
Some great material that I found useful in the library are the
APA Paper Template which will guide me when writing my

6. essay. The Grammar and Writing Guide will help you with your
choice of words. As well as the EBSChost and ProQuest this
will help you find articles along with there references and you
can also check there credibility which this was something that i
needed help with. The plagiarism checker is also a great source
to use, it checks your essay for similarity to other essay that
have been written by others. these great source have helped me
in the pass.
SHADRICKA POST 100 WORD COUNT
When you do not cite your reference it is plagiarism. A student
citing is important because it shows your reader or professors
that you have invested time in learning what has already been
learned and thought about the topic before offering your own
perspective. It is the practice of giving credit to the sources that
inform your work.The definitions of academic integrity,
academic misconduct and plagiarism, also give us important
reasons for citing the sources we use to accomplish academic
research. Providing accurate citations puts your work and ideas
into an academic context. They tell your reader that you've done
your research and know what others have said about your topic.
Not only do citations provide context for your work but they
also lend credibility and authority to your claims.
PATRICIA POST
Cite knowledge of information to produce your writing to
scrutinize the sites for Internet research journalism
confirmation. Providing an academic citation makes it clear

7. how and where you researched for the information in citing
from your source of writing. There are different areas you can
reach out for the materials or topic in the bases in your writing
through journals, magazine, and articles. The use of cites gives
you and the readers sources in the original ideas to be factual.
This is where you can decide if you trust sources provided is
valuable and trustworthy of the documents or featured on the
Internet sites. NO SPECIFIC WORD COUNT
PATRICIA POST
The American Psychological Association (APA) is a guideline
specified way of writing with demanding a specific way to
present your academic writing. This application procedure
applies to all academic in writing used by many to be consistent
and knowledgeable for your topics in researching. It gives in
using from describing from the beginning, body, and the end of
your story to the defined way of supporting your writing with
including your cites for sources included in your presentation. I
find it very useful because it keeps you within the guidelines
and learns to become a useful tool for the future. It's great! NO
SPECIFIC WORD COUNT
PATRICIA POST NO SPECIFIC WORD COUNT
Plagiarism is defined as the act of claiming the word or idea of
another person and make it your own. This is an ethical
violation which can lead to an academic penalty and results in
probation, expulsion and can also reflect a probation period
from the university. In your research provides confirmation of
your source into facts of knowledge placed in the proper context

8. of your writing. Using the context in the proper way for me it
works for me is to put my writing as an extraction of from
surgery as to who, what, when, where, and why. I've learned to
practice and retract my from what I read and write about and
provide a description to my audience with meaning. In-text
citation entries provide recognition and use in documentation of
my research in context. Quotes have to be specified as such
words and trying to move around the context to call it as your
own. I have to give credit where it's due.