Nature+vs+Nurture

Please respond to **one** of the following questions in a well defended paragraph or two. Include specific evidence to illustrate and defend your points from your text, video, and discussions. The objective here is for you to back your position up with evidence, but please also prove to your readers that you have mastered the English language and edit/revise for clarity and grammatical concerns.

Who might be most interested in resolving the nature versus nurture debate? What effect might a resolution have on our society? Why do you think nature versus nurture is debated? Do you think it is possible to answer this question definitively? Why or why not? What is the purpose of the nature versus nurture debate and how does it relate to psychology? What are the pitfalls to the nature or nurture debate, how can facts be manipulated in the news or political arenas? How can individuals improve their lifestyles by better understanding the nature and nurture causes of many conditions? Team nature? Team nurture? Pick one and defend your position. Should a psychopath whose brain scan proves it escape the death penalty because of it? Did he kill because of his genes or because of his environment? Read about this real trial and defend your position: Psychopath This man killed his wife and her friend in a fit of rage, the jury found him guilty of a much lesser charge because he has the volatile MAOA gene, should he be punished for his genetic profile or did he literally get away with murder? killer genes


 * Please post your response in the discussion section of this page before your class on Thursday. Title your post something more clever than nature vs nurture and please include your class period number in the title!**

In class on TH you will reply to two people in your class's posts with well thought out comments. Be polite. Be clear. Back yourself up with evidence.