Re: test out the nature vs. nurture debate -- EDU 502 Spring 2001 Dr. Gillespie

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Subject: Re: test out the nature vs. nurture debate

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Alisa Myles
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Date Posted: 08:12:48 02/08/01 Thu
In reply to: Dr. G 's message, "Re: test out the nature vs. nurture debate" on 18:58:36 02/05/01 Mon

>>In a previous job, I worked with a girl named Emma who was mute. She hadn't spoken a word outside her house since the time her and her family had immigrated from Mexico a couple years earlier. She got along well with the other children, but did not utter a word both in school or in her Spanish speaking neighborhood. The other kids just accepted that "Emma doesn't talk." Her silience went on for years. Psychologists were employed through her school. They were slow to discovered that in fact her father went silient shortly after the family's arrival in the States.

Chalk another one up for nurture. This modeled behavior must have come to Emma a critical time in her development and I think is a good illustration (if not a bit extreem) what a profound effect our parents can have on us.

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Re: test out the nature vs. nurture debate Dr. G 15:58:06 02/08/01 Thu

Re: test out the nature vs. nurture debate -- Alisa Myles, 07:51:03 02/09/01 Fri

Re: test out the nature vs. nurture debate -- Dr. G, 18:02:54 02/09/01 Fri
Re: test out the nature vs. nurture debate -- Greta McElwee, 17:14:14 02/10/01 Sat

Re: test out the nature vs. nurture debate -- Dr. G, 19:59:16 02/11/01 Sun