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>Subject: Re: Harris debate
>Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 17:37:07 EST
>
>Hello again -
>
>It was written:
>
>"First, there really isn't a 0 influence model, as I understand Harris.
>She
>is arguing that environmental influences are very contexutal. Thus parents
>DO have influence. They influence how children behave with their parents.
>But when children leave home, the outside environment becomes a more
>important influence in how children behave OUTSIDE the home. Since, in our
>culture, we spend most of our (adult)lives outside the homes of our
>upbringing, these outside infuences (mostly peers in Harris' model, but not
>limited to peers) are the most important environmental factors influencing
>our adult characteristics."
>
>
>Wouldn't this kind of thing generalize though to how we behave with
>authority figures (bosses and higher status non-peer types?) Not all of our
>interactions outside the home are with peers - even when we grow up (or are
>supposed to grow up.) Or am I missing something?
>
>Nancy Melucci
>ELAC
Well, it will generalize if it works, but not if it does't. After all,
children do not always act the same way with mom as they do with dad even
when they all live together.
Jeff Nagelbush
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