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From Galton to Bouchard: Nature/nurture, twins, correlations and controversy
When you have an estimated IQ of 200 and Charles Darwin in your gene pool, it is probably not surprising that you might say the following: I have no patience with the hypothesis occasionally expressed, and often implied….that babies are … Continue reading
More 20th Century “Blank Slate” Countercurrents—Neuroscience
I believe that the growth and dominance of the Neurosciences from about 1975 to the present is possibly the most amazing news of our time. Certainly for the nature/nurture debate that is the elephant in the room. Psychologists, sociologists and … Continue reading
20th century countercurrents–inborn behavior fights back
Most of the 20th century was a kind of dark ages, for all ideas about inborn human nature, as I suggested in a recent blog. One of the fascinating things about such dark periods, however, is that the seeds of … Continue reading
Posted in In History
Tagged Lorenz and gosling following, temperament in dogs, temperament in macaque monkeys
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Temperament and the early Greeks and Romans—everyone had a theory!
Earnest theories about the origin of temperament differences sprouted early in Western culture. (Eastern cultures also have interesting and rather different ideas, but that is another blog.) Ancient Greek theorists, especially, favored an explanation based on what they called the … Continue reading
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Tagged Choleric, Melancholic, phlegmatic, sanguine, the four humors
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Temperament–a new idea? Nah!
Try to imagine yourself in an early cave-dwelling tribe. Is there anything that you would want to know about the people you lived with? About your children as they grew in strength and abilities? About strangers that you might meet? … Continue reading