Re: Research for class

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:00:34 -0700 (PDT), Will in New Haven
<bill.reich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jun 29, 11:53 am, Rachel <arbi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I am doing research for a paper I am writing on identical twins. It is
a study on whether or not there is an elusive third factor on behavior
and development in children beside nature and nurture. I am trying to
get more professional opinions about what this third factor could be
so I know where to point my own research. Does anyone have any
suggestions? Womb factors? Genes/DNA? Thanks.

Peer groups are very important. Much more so than anyone thought until
recently. And twins raised in the same home and going to the same
schools can select/be selected by different, although almost certainly
overlapping, peer groups. Even if no sorting-hat is used.

The kid who winds up in the Latin Club may have the same genetic
traits and the same home life as the kid who winds up in the Latin
Kings.

Now write your own paper.

I would also suggest you first figure out just what you mean by
'nature' and by 'nurture'. The way the debate is usually framed,
these two cover everything. Genes and DNA are generally considered
nature and peer groups nurture. Womb factors, poorly defined, could
be considered either.

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