This document summarizes chapters from a psychology textbook on nature, nurture, and human diversity. It discusses how twin and adoption studies show both genetic and environmental influences on human traits and behaviors. Parenting and culture also shape psychological development from childhood through influences on temperament, attitudes, and gender roles. While human nature is adapted through evolution, both biological and social factors interact complexly to make each individual uniquely products of their nature and nurture.
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Nature-Nurture
(Heredity vs environment)
Background
It has long been known that certain physical characteristics are biologically determined by
genetic inheritance. Colour of eyes, straight or curly hair, pigmentation of the skin and certain
diseases (such as Huntingdon’s chorea) are all a function of the genes we inherit. Other physical
characteristics, if not determined, appear to be at least strongly influenced by the genetic make-
up of our biological parents. Height, weight, hair loss (in men), life expectancy and vulnerability
to specific illnesses (e.g. breast cancer in women) are positively correlated between biologically
related individuals. These facts have led many to speculate as to whether psychological
characteristics such as behavioural tendencies, personality attributes and mental abilities are also
“wired in” before we are even born.
Those who adopt an extreme heredity position are known as nativists. Their basic assumption is
that the characteristics of the human species as a whole are a product of evolution and that
individual differences are due to each person’s unique genetic code. Characteristics and
differences that are not observable at birth, but which emerge later in life, are regarded as the
product of maturation. That is to say we all have an inner “biological clock” which switches on
(or off) types of behaviour in a pre programmed way. The classic example of the way this affects
our physical development is the bodily changes that occur in early adolescence at puberty.
However nativists also argue that maturation governs the emergence of attachment in infancy,
language acquisition and even cognitive development as a whole.
At the other end of the spectrum are the environmentalists – also known as empiricists (not to be
confused with the other empirical / scientific approach). Their basic assumption is that at birth
the human mind is a tabula rasa (a blank slate) and that this is gradually “filled” as a result of
experience (e.g. behaviourism). From this point of view psychological characteristics and
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how you are brought up (nurture) that governs the psychologically significant aspects of child
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reared.
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Nature, Nurture, and Human
Diversity
Behavior Genetics: Predicting
Individual Differences
Genes: Our Codes for Life
Twin and Adoption Studies
Temperament and Heredity
Heritability
Gene-Environment Interaction
The New Frontier: Molecular Genetics
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Cultural Influences
Variations Across Cultures
Variations Over Time
Culture and the Self
Culture and Child-Rearing
Developmental Similarities Across
Groups
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Evolutionary Psychology:
Understanding Human Nature
Natural Selection and Adaptation
Evolutionary Success Helps Explain
Similarities
An Evolutionary Explanation of
Human Sexuality
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Gender Development
Gender Similarities and Differences
The Nature of Gender
The Nurture of Gender
Reflections on Nature and
Nurture
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Genes: Our Codes for Life
Chromosomes containing DNA
(deoxyribonucleic acid) are situated in the nucleus
of a cell.
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Genes: Our Codes for Life
Segments within DNA consist of genes that
make proteins to determine our development.
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Genome
Genome is the set of complete instructions for
making an organism, containing all the genes in
that organism. Thus, the human genome makes
us human, and the genome for drosophila makes
it a common house fly.
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Twin and Adoption Studies
Studying the effects of heredity and
environment on two sets of twins, identical and
fraternal, has come in handy.
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Separated Twins
A number of studies compared identical twins
reared separately from birth, or close thereafter,
and found numerous similarities.
Separated Twins
Personality, Intelligence
Abilities, Attitudes
Interests, Fears
Brain Waves, Heart Rate
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Separated Twins
Critics of separated twin studies note that such
similarities can be found between strangers.
Researchers point out that differences between
fraternal twins are greater than identical twins.
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Biological Versus
Adoptive Relatives
Adoption studies, as opposed to twin studies,
suggest that adoptees (who may be biologically
unrelated) tend to be different from their
adoptive parents and siblings.
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Adoptive Studies
Adoptive studies strongly point to the simple
fact that biologically related children turn out to
be different in a family. So investigators ask:
Do siblings have differing experiences?
Do siblings, despite sharing half of their genes, have
different combinations of the other half of their genes?
Ultimate question: Does parenting have an effect?
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Parenting
Parenting does have an effect on biologically
related and unrelated children.
Parenting Influences
Children’s
Attitudes, Values
Manners, Beliefs
Faith, Politics
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Temperament and Heredity
Temperament refers to a person’s stable
emotional reactivity and intensity. Identical
twins express similar temperaments, suggesting
heredity predisposes temperament.
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Nature and Nurture
Some human traits are fixed, such as having two eyes.
However, most psychological traits are liable to
change with environmental experience.
Genes provide choices for the organism to
change its form or traits when environmental
variables change. Therefore, genes are pliable or
self-regulating.
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Gene-Environment Interaction
Genes can influence traits which affect
responses, and environment can affect gene
activity.
A genetic predisposition that makes a child
restless and hyperactive evokes an angry
response from his parents. A stressful
environment can trigger genes to manufacture
neurotransmitters leading to depression.
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Gene-Environment Interaction
Genes and environment affect our traits
individually, but more important are their
interactive effects.
People respond differently to
Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) than Orlando bloom.
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AlessiaPierdomenico/Reuters/Corbis
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Evolutionary Psychology:
Understanding Human Nature
Evolutionary psychology studies why we as
humans are alike. In particular, it studies the
evolution of behavior and mind using
principles of natural selection.
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Natural Selection
Natural selection is an evolutionary process
through which adaptive traits are passed on to
ongoing generations because these traits help
animals survive and reproduce.
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Artificial Selection
Biologists like Belyaev and Trut (1999) were
able to artificially rear and domesticate wild
foxes, selecting them for friendly traits.
Any trait that is favored naturally or artificially
spreads to future generations.
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Human Traits
A number of human traits have been identified
as a result of pressures afforded by natural
selection.
Why do infants fear strangers when they become
mobile?
Why do people fear spiders and snakes and not
electricity and guns?
How are men and women alike? How and why do
men’s and women’s sexuality differ?
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Human Sexuality
Males and females, to a large extent, behave
and think similarly. Differences in sexes arise in
regards to reproductive behaviors.
Gender Differences in Sexuality
Question (summarized) Male Female
Casual sex 58% 34%
Sex for affection 25% 48%
Think about sex everyday 54% 19%
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Natural Selection & Mating
Preferences
Natural selection has caused males to send their
genes into the future by mating with multiple
females since males have lower costs involved.
However, females select one mature and caring
male because of the higher costs involved with
pregnancy and nursing.
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Mating Preferences
Males look for youthful appearing females in order to pass their
genes into the future. Females, on the other hand, look for
maturity, dominance, affluence and boldness in males.
Data based on 37 cultures.
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Critiquing the Evolutionary
Perspective
Evolutionary psychologists take a behavior and work
backward to explain it in terms of natural selection.
Evolutionary psychology proposes genetic determinism
and undercuts morality in establishing society.
Where genders are unequal, gender preferences are
wide, but when they are closely equal, preferences
narrow down.
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Evolutionary Psychologists Reply
Evolutionary psychologists argue that we need to test
behaviors that expound evolutionary principles.
Evolutionary psychologists remind us how we have
adapted, but do not dictate how we ought to be.
Males and females are more alike than different, and if
we study these differences we can establish their
causes.
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Nature, Nurture, and Human
Diversity
Parents and Peers
Parents and Early Experiences
Peer Influence
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Parents and Peers
We have looked at how genes influence our
developmental differences. What about the
environment? How do our early experiences,
our family, our community and our culture
affects these differences?
Parents and Early Experiences
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Experience and Brain Development
Early postnatal experiences affect brain
development. Rosenzweig et al. (1984) showed
that rats raised in enriched environments
developed thicker cortices than those in
impoverished environment.
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Experience and Faculties
Early experiences during development in
humans shows remarkable improvements in
music, languages and the arts.
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Brain Development and Adulthood
Brain development does not stop when we
reach adulthood. Throughout our life, brain
tissue continues to grow and change.
A well-learned finger-tapping task leads to
more motor cortical neurons (right) than baseline.
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Ungerleider,NationalInstitueofMentalHealth
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How Much Credit (or Blame) Do
Parents Deserve?
Parental influence is largely genetic. This support
is essential in nurturing children. However, other
socializing factors also play an important role.
Although raised in the same family,
some children are greater risk
takers.
MiquelL.Fairbanks
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Peer Influence
Children, like adults, attempt to fit into a group by
conforming. Peers are influential in such areas as
learning to cooperate with others, gaining popularity,
and developing interactions.
OleGraf/zefa/Corbis
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Nature, Nurture, and Human
Diversity
Cultural Influences
Variations Across Cultures
Variations Over Time
Culture and the Self
Culture and Child-Rearing
Developmental Similarities Across
Groups
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Cultural Influences
Humans have the ability to evolve culture.
Culture is composed of behaviors, ideas, attitudes,
values and traditions shared by a group.
KevinR.Morris/Corbis
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Variation Across Culture
Cultures differ. Each culture develops norms –
rules for accepted and expected behavior. Men
holding hands in Saudi Arabia is the norm (closer
personal space), but not in American culture.
JasonReed/Reuters/Corbis
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Variation Over Time
Cultures change over time. The rate of this
change may be extremely fast. In many Western
countries, culture has rapidly changed over the
past 40 years or so.
This change cannot be attributed to changes in
the human gene pool because genes evolve very
slowly.
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Culture and the Self
If a culture nurtures an
individual’s personal
identity, it is said to be
individualist, but if a
group identity is favored
then the culture is
described as collectivist.
A collectivist support system
can benefit groups who
experience disasters such as the
2005 earthquake in Pakistan.
KyodoNews
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Culture and Child-Rearing
Individualist cultures (European) raise their
children as independent individuals whereas
collectivist cultures (Asian) raise their children
as interdependent.
JoseLuisPalaez,Inc./Corbis
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Culture and Child-Rearing
Westernized Cultures Asian-African Cultures
Responsible for your self Responsible to group
Follow your conscience Priority to obedience
Discover your gifts Be true to family-self
Be true to yourself Be loyal to your group
Be independent Be interdependent
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Developmental Similarities Across
Groups
Despite diverse cultural backgrounds, humans
are more similar than different in many ways.
We share the same genetic profile, life cycle,
capacity for language, and biological needs.
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Nature, Nurture, and Human
Diversity
Gender Development
Gender Similarities and Differences
The Nature of Gender
The Nurture of Gender
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Gender Development
Based on genetic makeup, males and females
are alike, since the majority of our inherited
genes (45 chromosomes are unisex) are similar.
Males and females differ biologically in body
fat, muscle, height, onset of puberty, and life
expectancy.
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Gender Differences in Aggression
Men express themselves and behave in more aggressive
ways than do women. This aggression gender gap
appears in many cultures and at various ages.
In males, the nature of this aggression is
physical.
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Gender and Social Power
In most societies, men are socially dominant
and are perceived as such.
In 2005, men accounted for 84% of the
governing parliaments.
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Gender Differences and
Connectedness
Young and old, women form more connections
(friendships) with people than do men. Men
emphasize freedom and self-reliance.
OliverEltinger/Zefa/Corbis
DexImage/GettyImages
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Biology of Sex
Biological sex is determined by the twenty-third pair
of chromosomes. If the pair is XX, a female is
produced. If the pair is XY, a male child is produced.
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Sexual Differentiation
In the mother’s womb, the male fetus is exposed
to testosterone (because of the Y chromosome),
which leads to the development of male genitalia.
If low levels of testosterone are released in the
uterus, the result is a female.
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Sexual Differentiation
Sexual differentiation is not only biological, but
also psychological and social.
However, genes and hormones play a very
important role in defining gender, especially in
altering the brain and influencing gender
differences as a result.
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Gender Roles
Our culture shapes our gender roles —
expectations of how men and women are
supposed to behave.
Gender Identity — means how a person views
himself or herself in terms of gender.
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Gender Roles: Theories
1. Social Learning Theory proposes that we
learn gender behavior like any other
behavior—reinforcement, punishment, and
observation.
2. Gender Schema Theory suggests that we
learn a cultural “recipe” of how to be a male
or a female, which influences our gender-
based perceptions and behaviors.