nature_vs_nurture.pptVIP

Nature vs. Nurture Chapters 10 and 13 Nature vs. Nurture Quiz Answer True or False for the following questions 1. Even complex human traits are determined by a single gene 2. People’s divorce risks are about 50% attributable to genetic factors 3. Adoptees’ traits bear more similar to their adoptive parents than to their biological parents 4. Two different children in the same family are on average as different from one another as are pairs of children selected from the general population Nature vs. Nurture Quiz cont 5. If after a worldwide catastrophe only Icelanders and Kenyans survived, the human species would soon be just as mixed and diverse as it is now 6. A child who hears English spoken with one accent at home and another in the neighborhood or at school adopts the accent of their peers, not their parents 7. Compared with Westerners, people in Japan exhibit greater concern for social harmony and loyalty Nature vs. Nurture Quiz cont 8. Seven weeks after conception, males and females remain anatomically identical 9. Even when families discourage gender typing, children still organize themselves into “boy worlds” and “girl worlds” Nature vs. Nurture Quiz Answers 1. False 2. True 3. False 4. True 5. False 6. True 7. True 8. True 9. True Heredity vs. Environment Heredity 遗传- characteristics obtained directly from the genes Environment- person’s surroundings (which influence a person’s characteristics) Journal- which do you think has the greatest influence? Nature? Nurture? Why? Heredity Genes- basic units of heredity Ex eye color, hair color, body build, etc. Chromosomes染色体 - structures containing genes All human cells contain 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), except for reproductive cells which contain 23 chromosomes (1/2 of a pair, so they can attach to the other half to make a person) Gender X Chromosome In both men and women (men have 1, women have 2) X Chromosome from each parent produces a female child Y Chromosome Only in men (men have 1) Y Chromosome when pa