If We Place Nature and Nurture at Opposite Ends on a Continuum,most

question 11

Multiple Choice

If we place nature and nurture at opposite ends on a continuum,most sociologists would fall toward the nurture end of the continuum.Which statement best explains this tendency?

• A) Sociologists focus on, and as a result give primary weight to, the social environment in explaining how people think, feel, and behave.
• B) Sociologists believe humans are born as blank slates and that the social environment trumps nature.
• C) Sociologists believe that our genetic makeup really has very little to do with who we become in life.
• D) Sociologists believe there is a complex relationship between heredity and the environment and that we need to give more weight to evolutionary processes.

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