CLASS ACTIVITY

SMALL GROUP DEBATE

• TOPIC 1
• Nature vs Nurture – Which has more significance influence on human
development? Nature or Nurture? Nature refers to an individual ‘s
biological inheritance. Nurture refers to environmental experiences.
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• Continuity versus Discontinuity – Does development involve gradual,
cumulative change ( continuity ) or distinct changes ( discontinuity). To
make concrete, here is a question: Is our development like that of a
seedling gradually growing into an acacia tree? Or is it more like that of
a caterpillar becoming a butterfly?
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• Topic 3
• Stability vs Change – Is development best describes as
involving stability or as involving change? Are we what our
first experiences have made of us or do we develop into
someone from who we are at an earlier point in development.
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