Core Issue on Human Development: Nature or Nurture?
Module 1
Lesson2
Key Terms
‘genetics tabula rasa
‘environment continuity vs. discontinuity
nature vs. nurture stability vs. change
natural selection
Learning Outcomes: At the end of this Lesson you should be able to take an informed stand on the nature-nurture controversy
‘through an argumentative essay.
Learning Tasks:
Activity
Venn Diagram Completion. Here isa “word bank’ of potential personal characteristics and attributes. Reflect and choose
10 personal attributes from thelist given. You may also wish to add from the characteristics listed in the ‘word bank.
\Write your chosen characteristics on the numbered spaces below.
Word Bank
Next, place your attributes where you believe
they belong on the Heredity/Enviconment Venn
Diagram (Ifyou think you inherited the attribute
from your parents, place it on the Heredity side.
Ifyou thnk your characteristic isa result ofthe
environment you belong to, place it on the
Environment sie. you think itis @ combination
of the two, choose both)