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The document discusses three topics for a student debate on issues in human development: nature vs nurture, continuity vs discontinuity, and stability vs change. For nature vs nurture, it explores the influences of genetics and environment. For continuity vs discontinuity, it examines whether development involves gradual or distinct changes. For stability vs change, it introduces the debate around whether development involves stability or change.

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The document discusses three topics for a student debate on issues in human development: nature vs nurture, continuity vs discontinuity, and stability vs change. For nature vs nurture, it explores the influences of genetics and environment. For continuity vs discontinuity, it examines whether development involves gradual or distinct changes. For stability vs change, it introduces the debate around whether development involves stability or change.

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Module 3: Issues and Human Development

Activity

(This is supposed to be assigned at least more than one week scheduled debate)

Small Group Debate

Divide the class into 3 small groups. Let the group choose their topic for debate. Here are the
topics and issues. The nature debate is one of the oldest philosophical issues within issues within
psychology. So what exactly is the nature versus nurture debate all about?

1. Nature versus Nurture. Which ha smore significant influence on human development? Nature or
Nurture? Nature refers to environmental experiences.
 Nature is what we think of as a pre-wiring and is influenced by genetic
inheritance and other biological factors. Nurture is generally taken as the
influence of external factors after conception, the product of exposure, life
experiences and learning on an individual. I think for me the two has more
significant influence on human development because we cannot live without
others. But in some cases, there things that will happen in advantages and
disadvantages in human development. It depends on how the person who
taking care or nurture of it.

2. Continuity versus Discontinuity- Does development involve gradual, cumulative change


(continuity) or distinct changes (discontinuity). To make more concrete , here is a question: Is
our development like that of a seedling gradually growing into an acacia tree? Or is it more like
that of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly?
The continuity views says that change is gradual. Children become more skillful
in thinking, talking or acting much the same way as they get taller. The
Discontinuity view sees development as more abrupt-a succession of changes
that produce different behaviors in different age-specific life periods called
stages. Our development is like both growing like acacia tree and like caterpillar
becoming a butterfly it is because these examples started from small to higher.
Even though there are different from each other, but they have different
development.

3. Stability vs Change- is development best

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