Reference no: EM132811043

Directions: Complete the exercises below following the directions in each exercise. Use complete sentences and correct English writing rules in your responses.

Exercise 1

Make a list of the ways in which you feel you are "inner-directed," and another list of the ways in which you feel you are "other-directed."

Which do you feel controls your life more? Do you feel satisfied with this? What would you like to add or subtract?

Exercise 2

Show a list of the ways in which you feel you are the product of your nature--of your DNA or genetic code. List things like eye color, height, etc., and which parent and/or grandparent you may have received it from; also list personality traits you have that are similar to your parents', if you think these traits might have something to do with genetic coding passed from your parents to you.

Then Show a similar list of the ways in which you feel you are the product of nurture: the ways in which your parents brought you up that made you what you are now, the ways your surroundings affect you to make you what you are now, and the ways in which you hope to have future surroundings and how you hope these future surroundings will change or affect you.

Compare the two lists. Which things from the two lists could possibly have to do with both nature and nurture?

Note: In a "compare and contrast" paper, it is customary to provide a minimum of three similarities and three differences.