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Exploring Personality: Nature vs Nurture Debate

This informative text delves into the intriguing debate on whether personality is influenced more by genetics (nature) or environmental factors (nurture). Understanding the nuances of this discussion is essential to grasping what makes individuals unique. Explore different theories and perspectives on the origins of personality traits.

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Exploring Personality: Nature vs Nurture Debate

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  1. Personality • The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s distinctive character • It is all the qualities that make someone interesting

  2. Nature vs. Nurture Human Behavior

  3. Where does our personality come from? • Nature: • It’s genetic • You were “born that way” • It is inherited from one or both parents • Nurture: • It’s environmental • You’ve acquired it because of life experiences and circumstances

  4. Nature vs. Nurture Worksheet

  5. TAKE A STAND • Do you think personality is more nature, or more nurture? • You can either be AT either sign or somewhere in-between. • You’ll have to justify why you’re standing where you are

  6. Check for understanding • In the discussion of nature vs. nurture, nurture refers to: • That which is inherited/genetic • All environmental influence and experiences

  7. Siblings Siblings (NPR.org) • “…in terms of personality, we are similar to our siblings only about 20 percent of the time. Given the fact that we share genes, homes, routines and parents, this makes no sense. What makes children in the same family so different?” (NPR.org)

  8. Theory One: Divergence • “Siblings want to separate from each other”

  9. Theory Two: Environment • "Children grow up in different families because most siblings differ in age, and so the timing with which you go through your family's [major events] is different. • “Children in the same family are rarely treated the same by their parents”

  10. Theory Three: Exaggeration • “Families are essentially comparison machines that greatly exaggerate even minor differences between siblings”

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