Monthly Archives: June 2009

Controversy #3: How Are Inherited Traits Influenced by the Environment?

By jtm | June 29th, 2009

According to search engine trackers, the phrase “are inherited traits influenced by the environment?” is one of the most asked science questions online, with hundreds of hits on Google per day. On the surface though, it appears a needless question; of course traits that have a genetic component are also influenced by the environment. No [...]

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Controversy #2: Causes of the Person-Situation Debate

By jtm | June 17th, 2009

This article is on the causes and resolution of the person-situation debate in psychology, which began in 1968 and in some sense continues today. It details the positions of both social psychologists and personality psychologists involved in the debate, and discusses some of its possible causes.

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Controversy #1: Neural Plasticity, Miracle or Banality?

By jtm | June 11th, 2009

This first article of the site is on the implications of recent findings on neural plasticity, and whether or not they should change our view of human nature and learning potential, or recovery from brain injury.

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