Concept Map and Outline

Yanna Sanchez
Ms. Nargiza Matyakuboya
English 21003. Section M
25 October 2017
Concept Map and Outline
How Much of This is Your Fault or Your Parents Fault?
Text Box: Career Path
Text Box: Nature 
& 
Nurture
Text Box: Educational
Background









Text Box: -Jobs
-Career success
-How do these successes correlate with parental accomplishments and the individuals environment?

Text Box: -Academics 
-Learning capabilities
-How much of these findings are correlated to an individuals parents and/or environment?



Text Box: Physical Attributes
-Distinctive movements or impulsive traits
—ex. Nail biting, Hair playing
-Nurture
 
Text Box: -Inherited
-Biological DNA
-Nature



 


Text Box: -The Big Five Traits
-How people describe you, how you describe yourself, and your human behaviors in social setting




Question: Is an individual’s personality and behavior based on Nature, Nurture or both?
Thesis: Thus, research suggests that an individual’s personality incorporates the developments based on their nature and nurtured environment. 

Paragraph 1:
Topic Sentence: A major component of an individual’s personality is based off of their physical appearance that derives from their inherited DNA and nurtured environment.
Ø  Nature
o   Physical attributes that are inherited such as eye color, complexion, hair texture and color, height.
o   Discussion from “Nature vs. Nurture” from International Encyclopedia of The Social Sciences, 2nd Edition
Ø  Nurture
o   Discussion on early development revolving around walking, talking, comfort impulsivities (thumb sucking, hair tugging, etc.)
o   Discussion from “Trait Impulsivity and The Externalizing Spectrum” by Theodore P. Beauchaine et al.
Ø  Relation to Personality
o   Discussion on the Big Five Traits
o   Examples and information from “Shy, sadness, curiosity, joy: is it nature or nurture” by Marc Peyser et al.
o   Discussion from “Personality Development” by Donnellan.

Paragraph 2:
Topic Sentence: Research indicates that an individual’s educational background exhibit traits related to their biological nature and cultured environment.
Ø  Nature
o   Biological correlation between DNA and excellence in any particular discipline. (Academics, studies)
o   Discussion from “Nature, Nurture, and Knowledge” by Thomas R. Gruber and “Nature, Nurture, and Expertise” by Nicholas G. Shakeshaft et al.
Ø  Nurture
o   Also discussing the negative findings in educational backgrounds.
o   Example individuals who were not successful in school and whose parents were not successful. 
o   Include discussion from “Its nature and nurture: Integrating biology and genetics into the social learning theory of criminal behavior” by Bryanna Fox. 
o   Information from “Researchers Challenge nature vs. nurture argument” by Susan Lang
Ø  Relation to Personality
o   Information from “Nature and Nurture in Early Child Development” edited by Daniel P. Keating.
o   Information from “Personality Development” by Donnellan.
Paragraph 3:
Topic Sentence: Research indicates that an individual’s Career path is also dependent on their biological nature and their cultured environment. 
Ø  Nature & Nurture
o   Correlation between parents success and their children success.
o   Example people who inherit drug and alcohol abuse and succumbing to those impulsivities and those who overcome.  Information provided from “Parental Substance Abuse” by Kepple
Ø  Relation to Personality Traits
o   Providing information from “Personality Development” by Donnellan.
o   Discussing the Big Five Personality traits, and how they are tied to successful people and unsuccessful people. 
 



 


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