1. Ch. 3 – Nature & Nurture

2. Today’s coming attractions:
How much of your behavior is biology, how you were raised, or the culture you grew up in?

3. What is the human genome?
What does it effect?
What does it not effect?

4. Nature VS Nurture E.g. Potted plants
Early breast development producing shy child.
Fish pond
Gang member, VS college graduate

5. Increasing brain synapse.
We want to help a child (or a rat) grow a larger number of brain synapses, & presumably learn more.
How would we do that?

6. What is a gene mutation?
100th. Copy
How does it effect us?

7. Child rearing and personality
What study could we design to determine the environmental influences (e.g. child raising) on a person’s personality?
Identical twins raised apart.

8. Evolutionary theory of behavior
Give an example of the evolutionary theory of behavior as applied to human behavior.

9. Social learning theory of behavior
Give an example of the social learning theory of behavior.
We learn by example
E.g. Matt’s ATM experience

10. Gender schema theory of behavior
Based on gender roles
Give an example of the gender schema theory of behavior.
Big boys don’t cry.
I don’t like “OJT”.

11. Social norms also control our behavior
Give an example
Talking with food in your mouth
Opening doors
Personal space
Varies by culture

12. Your culture effects your ideas.
How?
Collectivism VS individualism cultures
Examples?
How can this effect the idea of romance in marriage?

13. Assertiveness and empathy
How does assertiveness and empathy change in the sexes an people move from youth to old age?
Women become more assertive
Men become more empathetic

14. How culture effects your feelings of personal space.
Japan VS U.S. VS Saudi Arabia countries.

15. Tend & Befriend – Biology or culture?
Women are more likely than men to tend and befriend