Nature or nurture reading passage

Pre-Reading Questions

1. have you ever known any identical twins? if you did they have similar personalities?

2.in your view how are identical twins different from the rest of us? Do identical twins hae deeper relationship than most siblings do?

3.what can scientists learn from the close study of identical twins?

Reading with a critical eye

1. what was the goal of the secret research project that separated the two identical twins paula elyse?

2. do you think this type research project is ethical? explain your viewpoint

3. paula wrote we had 35 years to catch up on how do you start asking somebody what have you been up to since we shared a womb together? where do you start? what is paula point paraphrase this quotation.

4. what was viola bernard a child psychologist involved in the study opinion on how identical twins should be raised? do you agree? explain.

5. what does elyse say about her relationship with her identical twin sister near the end of the article? in your opinion is this a happy or sad story? explain

Reading Comprehension check

1. what is the topic of this article?

a. research

b. identical twins separated at birth

c. it is best for identical twins to grow up together

d. identical twins

2.how did paula find out that she had an identical twin sister?

a.from her birth mother

b. her twin sister called

c. she received a phone call from the adoption agency

d. from the research project team

3. why does lawrence wright the author of a book on twins say that a study like this would never happen today?

a. it is too expensive to run

b. the adoption agencies wouldn't want to see the twins separated

c. scientists already know enough about identical twins

d. this type of scientitic study is considered unethical and wouldn't be permitted

4. neubauer the lead scientist in research study on twins claimed that it was matter of scientific consensus that twins were better off separated at birth and raised separately eubauer claim is

a. an opinion

b. a statement of fact

c. both fact and opinion

d. neither fact nor opinion

5.after getting to kow her twin sister what is paula bernstein view on the nature vs nurture question in relation twins?

a. genetics determines everything

b. the environment you grow up in determines who you are

c. she believes that genetics can explain about half of the picture

d. she is unclear on big question relating to the nature of identical twins

6. what are some examples given of ways in which the identical twins are similar?

a. their taste in music

b. their taste in books

c. both a and b

d. the me they date

7. paula says and it is sad that as close as we are now there is no way we can ever compensate for those 35 years the word compensnate could be replaced by

a. sell

b. make up for

c. hide away

d. object to

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