Psych of art - Day 13b - Nature Nurture Lab
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The document discusses the debate between nature vs. nurture perspectives on human behavior and cognition. An environmentalist believes that one's environment and upbringing primarily shape who they are, while a nativist believes innate instincts are mostly determinative. The document presents several examples of debates around the origins of behaviors and abilities, such as why some find rotten meat disgusting or whether gender differences in math ability are due to nature or nurture. It suggests that both genetic and environmental factors likely contribute to human traits in complex ways.
Psych of art - Day 13b - Nature Nurture Lab
- 1. An Environmentalist thinks everything comes from environment. ¡°We¡¯re born as blank slates. We learn how to act and think from our parents and peers.¡± A Nativist thinks every- thing comes from instinct. ¡°Our genes mostly determine how we think and how we act. Parents and peers teach us surprisingly little.¡± Culture! Culture! Human Nature! Human Nature!
- 2. Culture! Culture! Human Nature! Human Nature! My culture taught me to hate rotten meat. Vietnamese kids learn bugs are food. American kids learn they¡¯re gross. And don¡¯t they scarf down rotten meat in some cultures? It¡¯s in my instinct to hate rotten meat. Humans are universally repulsed by rotten meat. WHY DO I HATE ROTTEN MEAT?
- 3. Culture! Culture! Human Nature! Human Nature! YES! Every angelic little child starts out innocent. Whoever plays violent games turns violent. YOU WISH! Not all kiddies start out angelic. Some are naturally violent. Those violent kids seek out first-person shooters. When they¡¯re older, they commit violent acts, but not because of games. DO VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES CAUSE VIOLENCE?
- 4. Culture! Culture! Human Nature! Human Nature! Girls get less attention from math teachers, less tutoring from parents. Culture teaches girls to expect less from themselves in math abilities. Girls just don¡¯t have the math gene. Boys do. WHY ARE BOYS BETTER THAN GIRLS AT MATH ON AVERAGE?
- 5. Work of Benbow and Stanley
- 6. Girls better than boys at reading Girls worse than boys at math
- 7. Culture! Culture! Human Nature! Human Nature! WHY DO I HATE ROTTEN MEAT? Both half-right! Instinctively, I have a ¡°learning window¡± until age 3 to learn what is edible and what is gross. After age 3, that window shuts. Now I¡¯m hypersensitive not only to ¡°gross¡± food, but to any food that touches something gross.
- 8. Culture! Culture! Human Nature! Human Nature! DO VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES CAUSE VIOLENCE? Inconclusive. Loudmouths on the internet will claim to know the answer to this question. But officially, we aren¡¯t sure yet.
- 9. Culture! Culture! Human Nature! Human Nature! Girls get less attention from math teachers, less tutoring from parents. Culture teaches girls to expect less from themselves in math abilities. WHY ARE BOYS BETTER THAN GIRLS AT MATH ON AVERAGE? Culture is right.
- 10. Girls better than boys at reading Girls worse than boys at math
- 13. (A fly watches me toss out spoiled meat and spoiled cheese from the back of my fridge) Yo! Don¡¯t throw that out, that¡¯s the good stuff!
- 14. Part 2: Is beautiful art in the eye of the beholder? Part 2: Is beautiful art in the eye of the beholder?
- 15. John Singer Sargent Damien Hirst Andres Serrano
- 16. << Wine snobs >> (MRI study with wine) Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?
- 17. % of people who like wine % of people who like hotdog water % of people who like wine better than hotdog water 50 % If beauty were in the eye of the beholder, we should see: 100 %
- 18. % of people who like fresh meat % of people who like rotten meat % of people who think fresh meat tastes better than rotten meat 50 % What we actually see: Therefore, is beauty really in the eye of the beholder? 100 %
- 19. % of people who like fresh yogurt % of people who like spoilt yogurt % of people who prefer fresh over spoilt yogurt 50 % What we actually see: Therefore, is beauty really in the eye of the beholder? 100 %
- 20. 50 % If beauty were in the eye of the beholder, we should see: % of people who like Adelle % of people who like William Hung % of people who think Adelle sings better than William Hung 100 %
- 21. % of people who like Adelle % of people who like <William Hung> % of people who think Adelle sings more beautifully than William Hung 50 % What we actually see: Therefore, is beauty really in the eye of the beholder? 100 %
- 23. % of people who like beautiful calligraphy % of people who like sloppy handwriting % of people who prefer calligraphy over sloppy handwriting 50 % What we actually see: Therefore, is beauty really in the eye of the beholder? 100 %