Nature, Nurture, or an Interaction

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Nature, Nurture or an Interaction?

For the following examples, decide whether the situation is a result of nature, nurture, or an interaction of the two. Explain your reasoning.


1 Peter


Peter, a 2-year-old only child, displays a bad temper by running to his room and slamming the door when he is angry.

Is this nature, nurture, or an interaction?
|Nurture.                                             |

Justify your answer:
|A two year old would not slam doors when angry, normally. It would have to be a learned behavior.                                           |


Amelia

Amelia receives high marks in math. Amelia’s mother is surprised because she never did well in math.

Is this nature, nurture, or an interaction?
|Nature.                                             |

Justify your answer:
|Amelia was born with a good mind for math.                                                                                                   |


Chauncey

Chauncey almost drowned in the pool when he was 5-years old. Subsequently. He is afraid to go swimming years after the experience.

Is this nature, nurture, or an interaction?
|Interaction.                                         |

Justify your answer:
|Even though the incident was natural, his mother was also probably more cautious with him around water, causing him to use both scenarios to|
|justify his fear.                                                                                                                           |


Moriah

Moriah was born with Down Syndrome (Trisomy-21).

Is this nature, nurture, or an interaction?
|Nature                                               |

Justify your answer:
|This was something that Moriah was born with.                                                                                               |


Patrick and Erick

Patrick and Erick are identical twins. They were separated at...