Psychology

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Psychology

• David G. Myers
• Chapter 3

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The Nature and Nurtureof Behavior

• What makes you you?
• Myers, 99

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Genes Our Biological Blueprint

• Chromosomes
• DNA
• Genes
• Genomes

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Genes Our Biological Blueprint

• Chromosomes
• DNA
• Genes
• Genomes
• Chromosome is made of mostly DNA.

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Genes Our Biological Blueprint

• Chromosomes
• DNA
• Genes
• Genomes
• Chromosome is made of mostly DNA.
• DNA is made of segments called Genes.

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Natural Selection
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Natural Selection

• Survival of the fittest...

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Natural Selection

• Survival of the fittest...
• Thin the heard...

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Natural Selection

• Survival of the fittest...
• Thin the heard...

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Blank Slate?

• Was John Locke right?

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Blank Slate?

• Was John Locke right?
• If Coby Bryant was born in Brazil, would it make
  sense that he would be a great football (soccer)
  player?

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Blank Slate?

• Twin Studies...

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Blank Slate?

• Twin Studies...
• Twins separated at birth...

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On the other hand....
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Adoption Studies

• Non-biologically related people raised in same
  environment...

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Or?

• Heredity deals the cards environment plays the
  hand.
• Charles L. Brewer (1990) in Myers, pg. 114

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Playing the hand...
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Playing the hand...

• Culture

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Playing the hand...

• Culture
• Norm

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Playing the hand...

• Culture
• Norm
• Roles

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Playing the hand...

• Culture
• Norm
• Roles
• Social Learning...

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Want to play?
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Class Participation

• Break now, then return to take part in an
  experiment in social learning.

Its a good thing you read the chapter!
This should beat LECTURE!
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Class Participation

• How did behavior in the game change with time?
  How did you learn what to do to be successful?
• Email to bsnodgrass_at_visibleschool.com

There had to be WORK, didnt there?
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Gender...
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Gender...and Gods Word
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Gender...and Gods Word

• Women dont receive much in the way of positive
  regard in the Bible...

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Gender...and Gods Word

• Women dont receive much in the way of positive
  regard in the Bible...but...

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Gender...and Gods Word

• Women dont receive much in the way of positive
  regard in the Bible...but...
• That women EVEN GET MENTIONED places them above
  the cultural norms of the time.

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Gender...and Gods Word

• Women dont receive much in the way of positive
  regard in the Bible...but...
• That women EVEN GET MENTIONED places them above
  the cultural norms of the time.
• Much language of the New Testament promotes the
  removal of barriers and separation, and this also
  applies to divisions between women and men.

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Gender...and Gods Word

• ...neither Jew nor Greek, male nor female, slave
  nor free...

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Gender...and Gods Word

• Thus my interest is in trajectories present in
  the Pauline texts. I look not so much to see
  where they stand. I look to see where the text
  point! Following along that line from their
  original first-century setting to our own day.
• Sandra Hack Polaski

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For Next Week

• Read Chapter 4!
• REALLY expect a Vocab/key ideas Quiz!
• (Work on the study guide/final exam.)
• Grab this PowerPoint from drop box or web site
  later, too.

Understood!
Have a great week! Stay safe.