Question

It is parent-teacher conference day at Littleton Elementary School. A.Jimmy's teacher is anxious to meet his parents and discuss his habit of disrupting the class. B.When the teacher expresses her concern that Jimmy is not being socialized properly, his dad insists that he was the same way at Jimmy's age and that disrupting the class is natural for the children in his family. C.Jimmy's teacher and father are arguing about which fundamental sociological theory

Answer 1

Answer:

Jimmy's father and teacher have different views over the nature and nurture debate.

Explanation:

Jimmy's father believes that the nature of children is something innate and unchanging and that this behavior of being disruptive in the classroom is something that will not change because it is part of the child's nature. Attempts to modify this behavior would be ineffective in this view. However, the teacher seems to take the view that behaviors are not ingrained, they are learned. The teacher likely believes that Jimmy learned this disruptive behavior from some source and that intervention from the family and the school will likely help to curb this tendency to disrupt the class.