Divya+Yeleswarapu+RP+Post+3

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1) What defines character development? 2) Genetics of behavior, human diversity, and society 3) Hodge, Russ/Science Online 4) http://www.fofweb.com/Science/default.asp (and then search Genetics of behavior, human diversity, and society) 5) June 8th, Facts on File Database 6) S: Russ Hodge  O: To show how gene makeup defines the limitations and possibilities of a culture  A: Everyone, people interested in knowing how character develops  P: To inform about character development  S: The impact of the genome on human behavior, diversity, and general makeup Tone: Informative, Knowledgeable, Informal 7) The source provides the reader with a lot of information about the different aspects of gene assortment that define a person's behavior and habits. It talks about the human genome project and the controversy surrounding that. I liked how it delves into the basics of human psychology and explains why we do what we do. 8) The authors thesis is: The genome has an impact on behavior, human society, and culture. 9) I was persuaded by the author because it is clear that he knows the topic extremely well. It was a lengthy article with credible information because I checked the sources. It also cited a lot of outside information and had a picture which made it that much nicer. 10) " The extreme version of evolutionary psychology claims that most <span class="bodyTextHighlight" style="background-color: #fffebf; color: #9c473e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">human <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4e463f; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> thoughts, feelings, and actions are specifically encoded in genes and have been selected for. Several of the studies carried out by Cosmides and Tooby suggest that <span class="bodyTextHighlight" style="background-color: #fffebf; color: #9c473e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">human <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4e463f; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">s have an innate ability to detect deception. Love also has an evolutionary value: It helps keep families together for the long periods of time that <span class="bodyTextHighlight" style="background-color: #fffebf; color: #9c473e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">human <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4e463f; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> children are dependent on their parents. But how far does the influence of genes go? Do they make a small or large contribution to whom a person loves, how well someone does in school, or whether he or she commits an act of violence?"

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4e463f; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1) What defines character development? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4e463f; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2) Genes and Human Behavior <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4e463f; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3) Rice, Stanley A./Science Online <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4e463f; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4) http://www.fofweb.com/Science/default.asp (Search Genes and Human Behavior) 5) June 8th/ Facts on File Database 6) S: Stanley A. Rice O: To explain how genes control human behavior A: Everyone, people interested in learning how our personalities develop P: To inform people about the exact causes for personality/character development S: The extent to which genes influence moods, behavior, and actions of a human being Tone: Conversational, Informative, Light 7) The source explains all the factors that affect development, not just genes. It talks about the certain environments that individuals seek depending on their personalities, and the types of people they associate with, etc. 8) The authors thesis is: Genes do not determine, but can strongly influence, human behavior, which therefore has a strong evolutionary component. 9) I am actually extremely persuaded by this author's take on the topic. The reason for this is that the author doesn't only focus on one aspect of this topic, which is mostly genes, but goes onto explain how other factors affect human development as well. That is a very good thing for me and very crucial, since I'm thinking of writing a paper with the different views on this topic. 10) "<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4e463f; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While the environment affects the kind of person an individual <span class="bodyTextHighlight" style="background-color: #fffebf; color: #9c473e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">human <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4e463f; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> becomes, genes may influence which environments a person seeks. Thus genes have some control over environment, just as environment can influence gene expression. Hamer points out that at least 300 different brain chemicals can influence <span class="bodyTextHighlight" style="background-color: #fffebf; color: #9c473e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">human <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4e463f; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> feelings."