the nature nurture debate

English translation: heredity vs. environment

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English term or phrase:nature nurture debate
Selected answer:heredity vs. environment
Entered by: Kim Metzger

04:16 Jan 13, 2005
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English term or phrase: the nature nurture debate
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Tsogt Gombosuren
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Explanation:
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"Who are we and how did we get this way?" It''s an age-old, controversial question scientists have argued for years. Is it our genes or our environment that determines our personality and behavior? New research favors the hereditary view, that genes control core aspects of our personality, including intelligence, depression, even addiction. Join guest host Neal Conan to reexamine the nature/nurture debate and look at the latest influences, both genetic and environmental, that affect behavior ...on the next Talk of the Nation, from NPR News.
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1010508
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Kim Metzger
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3Nature vs Nurture - How heredity and environment shape who we are (and which is the more important)
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Partial explanation


Explanation:
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"Who are we and how did we get this way?" It''s an age-old, controversial question scientists have argued for years. Is it our genes or our environment that determines our personality and behavior? New research favors the hereditary view, that genes control core aspects of our personality, including intelligence, depression, even addiction. Join guest host Neal Conan to reexamine the nature/nurture debate and look at the latest influences, both genetic and environmental, that affect behavior ...on the next Talk of the Nation, from NPR News.
http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1010508


Kim Metzger
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Thanks a lot, Kim and all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  humbird: Yes, gene (nature) vs. environment (nurture).
13 mins
  -> Nice summary, humbird.

agree  Balaban Cerit: Yes. Some who oppose such researchers say "genes are not the cause of everything; they are parts of a whole system of interconnected pieces, and are not independent and isolated entities...conditioning our behaviour"-www.positivehealth.com-Joel Carbonnel
30 mins

agree  RHELLER: such an interesting topic; I have 2 sons and they are so different (same parents, same household)!?
38 mins

agree  Nilgün Bayram (X)
3 hrs

agree  Tony M
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agree  Ian M-H (X)
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agree  seaMount
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agree  Laurel Porter (X): This is it...
4 hrs

agree  Jörgen Slet
6 hrs

agree  juvera: or as Lauren put it below; heredity or upbringing
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agree  Tatiana Nero (X)
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agree  KatyaZ
9 hrs

agree  Kevin Kelly
17 hrs

agree  Alexandra Tussing
19 hrs

agree  Refugio
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Explanation:
Briefly: What makes us who we are: Nature - are we born with the qualities and skills and cannot change them - or Nurture - our parents, education, environment - effects our qualities and skills and choices.

Rutie Eckdish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  seaMount
3 hrs

agree  Jörgen Slet
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agree  Tatiana Nero (X)
7 hrs

agree  Alexandra Tussing
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Nature vs Nurture - How heredity and environment shape who we are (and which is the more important)


Explanation:
Often called 'Nature vs Nurture':

Nature vs Nurture - How Heredity and Environment Shape Who We Are... Nature vs. Nurture. Your Guide, Kimberly Powell, From Kimberly Powell, Your Guide to Genealogy. ... But we do know that both play a part. What is Nature vs Nurture? ...
genealogy.about.com/cs/ geneticgenealogy/a/nature_nurture.htm - 29k - Cached - Similar pages


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