Explain the various opinions that arise from the nature-nurture debate.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Those who argue that nature shapes behavior point to two kinds of evidence-developmental and health differences between males and females, and cases of unsuccessful sex reassignment.Sociologists who support the role of nurture in shaping behavior refer to two types of data to support their argument: cross-cultural variations in male violence, and the environment's effect on biology. Our social environment can enhance or dampen biological characteristics. Biological factors play an important role in human behavior, but sociology's larger concern is how socialization affect's people's development, even overriding some genetic predispositions and influences.
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People exert no effort to attain this type of status
A. Social B. Ascribed C. Achieved D. Master
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a. Those with competitors with gay-friendly policies b. Those whose competitors oppose gay rights c. Those with only men on the board of directors d. Those in the more politically conservative states
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