PSY Module 3 - Got a 95% on this response. Good example, would have gotten higher but missed PDF

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Got a 95% on this response. Good example, would have gotten higher but missed referencing two outside sources instead of just one. ...

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Some people argue that intelligence is strictly based off your DNA, while others claim your environment has a bigger impact then first discovered. This is a perfect example of the nature vs. nurture debate. While there are many things that can affect a person’s overall intelligence level, whether it be their genetic make-up, environment in which they were raised, or just their social group can all have an impact on a person’s intelligence. “Like most aspects of human behavior and cognition, intelligence is a complex trait that is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors.” (Genetics Home Reference. 2019, September). “Is a human being like a jigsaw puzzle made up of separate components, or more like a cake with blended ingredients that interact to produce its unique taste?” (Wade, Tavris, Garry, Saucier, Elias, 2016, p. 95). The people who believe that intelligence strictly comes from your DNA and genetic makeup would believe that human beings are like a jig saw puzzle, while someone who believes there are many factors affecting intelligence would believe that humans are basically a cake made of a whole bunch of different ingredients to make up one individual concoction. Yes, genetics do have a big impact on a person’s intelligence. The way someone can grasp information and formulate ideas goes back to their root DNA, but I believe that there are many different forces that can affect someone’s intelligence. For example, someone growing up in an underdeveloped world, is not going to have the same opportunities to learn and acquire knowledge as someone who has gone to private schools and colleges their whole life. I know for a fact lots of the knowledge that I have, was passed down to me from learning through my father. Although there are other ways of obtaining that knowledge, I did not just have this embedded in my DNA ready to use whenever I see fit. In the YouTube video, Brains vs. Bias: Crash Course Psychology #24 (CrashCourse. 2014, July) they discuss how testing bias has had a big impact on the validity of these intelligence studies. Things like the content in the questions, who administrates the questions and even the test takers own expectations can skew the results of these intelligence tests. I think that makes a lot of sense, there is no perfect way to administer these tests without having some sort of bias in it. Like in the show “Good Times” a young African American boy named Michael Evans refused to finish an IQ test because he claims the IQ test was “Nothing but a white racist test. The test was given by the white people, made by the white people and even graded by white people. It doesn’t tell you how smart you are, just how white you are” (Reese, R. (2013). Good times: The I.Q. Test) This is a perfect example of how intelligence is affected by many more things than just your DNA, or how your intelligence isn’t defined by your score on a test. So, in this case both nature and nurture have very big impacts on intelligence. Human intelligence can be affected by their, DNA, and their environment. “Thus we can no more speak of genes, or of the environment, “causing” personality or intelligence in a straightforward way than we can speak of butter, sugar or flour individually causing the taste of a cake (Lewontin, Rose, & Kamin, 1984)” (Wade, Tavris, Garry, Saucier, Elias, 2016, p. 96).

CrashCourse. (2014, July). Brains vs. Bias: Crash Course Psychology #24 Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75g4d5sF3xI Genetics Home Reference. (2019, September). Is intelligence determined by genetics? Retrieved from https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/traits/intelligence Reese, R. (2013) “Good Times.” The I.Q. Test YouTube Video Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw0sY9L3mxU (2013, February) Wade, C. Tavris, C. Garry, M., Saucier, D., & Elias, L. (2015). Psychology. Toronto, ON: Pearson.

“Thus we can no more speak of genes, or of the environment, “causing” personality or intelligence in a straightforward way than we can speak of butter, sugar or flour individually causing the taste of a cake (Lewontin, Rose, & Kamin, 1984)” (Wade, Tavris, Garry, Saucier, Elias, 2016, p. 96)....