Blood Brothers

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Blood Brothers

• Nature Versus Nurture

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Nature Versus Nurture

• There is a long-standing dispute among
  philosophers and psychologists over the
  importance of the environment, upbringing,
  experience, and learning (nurture), and
  heredity genetic inheritance (nature), in
  determining the make-up of an person, as related
  to human personality and intelligence.

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Nature versus Nurture

• Nature
• How you are born.
• Nurture
• How you are brought up.

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Which statement do you most agree with?

• We are all born the same and we change as we grow
  older.
• We are all born differently, with personality
  traits already established.
• We are all born with some things the same and
  some things different, which may change as we
  grow older.

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Nature or Nurture?

• Intelligence
• Behaviour
• Our beliefs and morals
• The way we speak
• Our hobbies
• Our health
• Sexual orientation
• Which is the stronger force?

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Which statement do you most agree with now?

• We are all born the same and we change as we grow
  older.
• We are all born differently, with personality
  traits already established.
• We are all born with some things the same and
  some things different, which may change as we
  grow older.

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Task

• Think about Mickey and Edward. They both have
  the same Mum (nature) but they are brought up by
  different families (nurture).
• Write down all the ways in which the boys are the
  same and all the ways in which they are
  different. Then decide whether these things are
  to do with nature or nurture.