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Hi everybody.
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So today we're going to be going through problem number 13 in chapter 3, the biological basis of behavior.
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And this problem is asking us about adoption studies.
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So the reason why psychologists love adoption studies is because they can really help in shedding light on one of the most famous debates in psychology, which is the nature versus nurture debate.
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So i'll just write a little bit about it here just for your knowledge.
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So the nature versus nurture debate.
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So this debate essentially asks the question, is human behavior more determined by our genetic makeup and our genes, or is it determined by our surrounding environment? so i'm going to write that down here.
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Is human behavior determined by our genetic makeup or our genetic makeup or our environment.
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So when a child is adopted, they share a same environment or the same environment with their adoptive parents and maybe their adoptive siblings, but they don't have the same genes as them.
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They have the same genes of their biological parents who they don't share the same environment with...