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INTERACTION OF HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT
ACTIVITY
1. Work with a partner and write your answers on one whole sheet of paper.
2. Complete the sentence. With regard to the nature-nurture, continuity-
discontinuity, and change-stability controversies, the wiser stand is
_______________________________.
3. Read the article titled “How the First Nine Months Shape the Rest of Your Life”
from the October 4, 2010 Issue of Time Magazine, and answer the following
questions:
a) Does the article agree that heredity, environment and individual’s choice are the
factors that contribute to what a person may become? Write the paragraph that
tells so.
b) Read the 4th paragraph again. Focus your attention on the highlighted word
PERMANENTLY. Relate this to the issue on stability versus change issue. Does the
word PERMANENTLY convince you that we are what our first experiences have
made of us (stability)? Explain your answer.
Reference:
Corpuz, B. B., Lucas, M. R. D. , Borado, H. G. L., & Lucido, P. I. (2015).
Child and Adolescent Development: Looking at Learners at Different Life
Stages. Lorimar Publishing.