Case Study

James and Joanne are identical 18 year old twins. James and Joanne were raised separately
as they were adopted at 4 years old due to their mother being dependant on alcohol and
unable to care for the twins appropriately.

Joanne

She has blond hair, blue eyes and is very active. Joanne was raised by hardworking family who
paid for her to attend a private school. She was raised as a single child and her adoptive
parents worked extremely hard to ensure that Joanne had many opportunities. Joanne is
currently at the university studying sports and is extremely dedicated to her studies, as she
would like a career as a professional phsiotherapist. She is a member of the football and
hockey team. She is very slim and muscular due to her active lifestyle and her healthy eating.
Joanne is very emotional and aggressive if she loses in her sport.

James

James was adopted by a single mother who did not have much disposable income. He went to
the local community school and spent much of this time misbehaving as he struggled with
work. James also has blond hair and blue eyes but due to an unhealthy diet of convenience
food, he is slightly overweight for his 18 years. James is currently unemployed and spends his
days sleeping and nights hanging out with his friends abusing alcohol. When he is under the
influence, he gets upset with his friends and is aggressive towards them and intimidates them
with violence.

Exercise
o Create a debate which looks at different characteristics in James and Joanne's life. you
should explain how these impact their overall development and justify whether nature
or nurture has more of an impact on the lives of Joanne and James.
Joanne
Nature Nurture
Very active
She is a member of a time
Blue eyes Dedicated of study
Blonde hairs

Impact on development

She is a very dedicated person and a healthy lifestyle.

Justification

Your lifestyle because you have to develop and socialize more

James
Nature Nurture
He has a bad lifestyle, he does not have a
Blonde hairs healthy diet and he always stays awake
Blue eyes

Impact on development
Its bad environment

Justification

I think that by having that lifestyle the complainer got used to it