Post by shailaz on Sept 29, 2017 21:31:45 GMT
How does the study of twins help us understand the nature-nurture controversy with respect to intelligence better?
The study of twins helps us understand the nature-nurture controversy because these two people would have the same DNA. This shows that by having twins born together and raised apart (in two different environments) should still have the same amount of intelligence. With that being said, if the intelligence were to be based off of the environmental conditions the twins would have different intellectual levels.
However, I do believe that to some degree the environmental conditioning does have an impact on the individual, which can change the individual to not have the same intellectual levels as the other identical twin.
The study of twins helps us understand the nature-nurture controversy because these two people would have the same DNA. This shows that by having twins born together and raised apart (in two different environments) should still have the same amount of intelligence. With that being said, if the intelligence were to be based off of the environmental conditions the twins would have different intellectual levels.
However, I do believe that to some degree the environmental conditioning does have an impact on the individual, which can change the individual to not have the same intellectual levels as the other identical twin.