![]() | This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
There is a complex sentence that I found confusing in the "Scarr and McCarthy's model" section. It is the third sentence in this section and begins with "The professors argue". I did not completely understand what this sentence meant. I wanted to edit it into a simpler format but I didn't want to risk changing the content. If someone could look at this sentence and try to explain it here, or change the format of the sentence to make it less complex, that would be nice. Kaity22 ( talk) 11:03, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
The comma separated list in the first sentence of this section becomes muddled with the commas in the clauses, this sentence should be reworded(I tried a semi-colon but it still looks funny). JacobiJonesJr ( talk) 07:46, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
From the section: Heritability of Political Beliefs: "The researchers concluded that an individual’s genes and environment, interacting both actively and passively, as well as positively and negatively, indicate their specific niches and the types of beliefs they hold because of them." So I interpret this sentence to essentially say "The researchers concluded that an individual’s genes and environment determine what beliefs they will hold" Is that what it means or does it mean something else? Because if that's what it means it's a pointless statement. No sane modern scientist psychologist, biologist, etc. would possibly contradict it because it's totally vapid. Whether you are a behaviorist like Skinner, a Cognitive Psych person like Dennett or Pinker or a physicalist connectionist like Patricia Churchland they ALL think that "genes and environment" determine human behavior. The hard and interesting question that delineates the different approaches to understanding human behavior scientifically is HOW MUCH AND IN WHAT MANNER environment and heredity play a role in behaviors and beliefs. -- MadScientistX11 ( talk) 21:44, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi! I am going to try fixing errors in this article! Thanks, Acj1| Sign?| Say Hi To Me! 21:27, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
![]() | This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
There is a complex sentence that I found confusing in the "Scarr and McCarthy's model" section. It is the third sentence in this section and begins with "The professors argue". I did not completely understand what this sentence meant. I wanted to edit it into a simpler format but I didn't want to risk changing the content. If someone could look at this sentence and try to explain it here, or change the format of the sentence to make it less complex, that would be nice. Kaity22 ( talk) 11:03, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
The comma separated list in the first sentence of this section becomes muddled with the commas in the clauses, this sentence should be reworded(I tried a semi-colon but it still looks funny). JacobiJonesJr ( talk) 07:46, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
From the section: Heritability of Political Beliefs: "The researchers concluded that an individual’s genes and environment, interacting both actively and passively, as well as positively and negatively, indicate their specific niches and the types of beliefs they hold because of them." So I interpret this sentence to essentially say "The researchers concluded that an individual’s genes and environment determine what beliefs they will hold" Is that what it means or does it mean something else? Because if that's what it means it's a pointless statement. No sane modern scientist psychologist, biologist, etc. would possibly contradict it because it's totally vapid. Whether you are a behaviorist like Skinner, a Cognitive Psych person like Dennett or Pinker or a physicalist connectionist like Patricia Churchland they ALL think that "genes and environment" determine human behavior. The hard and interesting question that delineates the different approaches to understanding human behavior scientifically is HOW MUCH AND IN WHAT MANNER environment and heredity play a role in behaviors and beliefs. -- MadScientistX11 ( talk) 21:44, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi! I am going to try fixing errors in this article! Thanks, Acj1| Sign?| Say Hi To Me! 21:27, 5 January 2015 (UTC)