Pick three of your personality traits (please choose traits that you are comfortable sharing with the instructor). For each trait discuss:
What are the genetic origins of the trait? What evidence do you have that this trait is partially influenced by your nature?
What are the environmental origins of the trait (e.g., your culture, childhood experiences, media, etc.)? What evidence do you have that this trait is partially influenced by your nurture?
Write your essay in a word processing program ( providing 250-300 words ) and save the essay to your computer as a .doc or docx file (Microsoft Word format). This is the format we will use for most essays in this course.
Click the link above called Nature-nurture assignment submission and attach your file. View Submitting an Assignment if you need help with this step. Be sure to click the Submit button or I will not receive your file.
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is for you to explore, identify and apply how both nature and nurture influence your behavioral traits.
The required textbook for this course is:
Berger, K. (2014). The Developing Person, Through the Life Span (9th ed.). New York: Worth.