Unit 8 Nature Versus Nurture Overview Topics The
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slide1. Unit 8 Nature Versus Nurture<br>
slide2. Overview Topics
The intersectionality of nature versus nurture
Unit Learning Objectives
Explore the concept of nature versus nurture from an anthropological standpoint and the ways the two intersect
Express how Freeman’s and Mead’s writings on Samoa incorporated the idea of nature versus nurture<br>
slide3. In this unit (to accompany the SAPIENS podcast S6E4), students will learn the origins of the nature versus nurture debate within the field of anthropology and explore where the debate currently stands. Students will examine the ways in which nature and nurture intersect. Students will explore how the lens of nature versus nurture shaped Freeman and Mead’s understanding of the Samoan people. Introduction<br>
slide4. Origins of Nature Versus Nurture 1800s Darwinism, evolutionary theory
Sir Francis Galton coined the phrase nature versus nurture<br>
slide5. Origins Key Players Nature
Biologist H.M. Parshley
August Weismann Nurture
J.B. Watson
Franz Boas<br>
slide6. Nature (genetics) Nurture (environment) Human behavior Modern nature versus nurture discussions focus on epigenetics—the study of how genes are expressed—adding a complexity to the nature versus nurture discussion. How big is each role? Present Day Understanding<br>
slide7. Nature vs. Nurture & Freeman and Mead Freeman alleged Boas wanted evidence of cultural determinism and prompted Mead to search for examples of cultural influence on human behavior.
Freeman was adamant that Mead and other cultural determinists were completely against genetics influencing human behaviors.<br>
slide8. The Controversy Continues Mead had her own understanding of nature versus nurture. In regards to adolescence, Mead wrote,
“If the same process takes a different form in two different environments, we cannot make any explanations in terms of the process, for that is the same in both cases. But the social environment is very different, and it is to it that we must look for an explanation” (Mead 1928, 159)<br>
slide9. Wrap-Up<br>
slide2. Overview Topics
The intersectionality of nature versus nurture
Unit Learning Objectives
Explore the concept of nature versus nurture from an anthropological standpoint and the ways the two intersect
Express how Freeman’s and Mead’s writings on Samoa incorporated the idea of nature versus nurture<br>
slide3. In this unit (to accompany the SAPIENS podcast S6E4), students will learn the origins of the nature versus nurture debate within the field of anthropology and explore where the debate currently stands. Students will examine the ways in which nature and nurture intersect. Students will explore how the lens of nature versus nurture shaped Freeman and Mead’s understanding of the Samoan people. Introduction<br>
slide4. Origins of Nature Versus Nurture 1800s Darwinism, evolutionary theory
Sir Francis Galton coined the phrase nature versus nurture<br>
slide5. Origins Key Players Nature
Biologist H.M. Parshley
August Weismann Nurture
J.B. Watson
Franz Boas<br>
slide6. Nature (genetics) Nurture (environment) Human behavior Modern nature versus nurture discussions focus on epigenetics—the study of how genes are expressed—adding a complexity to the nature versus nurture discussion. How big is each role? Present Day Understanding<br>
slide7. Nature vs. Nurture & Freeman and Mead Freeman alleged Boas wanted evidence of cultural determinism and prompted Mead to search for examples of cultural influence on human behavior.
Freeman was adamant that Mead and other cultural determinists were completely against genetics influencing human behaviors.<br>
slide8. The Controversy Continues Mead had her own understanding of nature versus nurture. In regards to adolescence, Mead wrote,
“If the same process takes a different form in two different environments, we cannot make any explanations in terms of the process, for that is the same in both cases. But the social environment is very different, and it is to it that we must look for an explanation” (Mead 1928, 159)<br>
slide9. Wrap-Up<br>