Benchmark 7A Human Society: Cultural Effects on Behavior

Benchmark 7A
Human Society: Cultural Effects on Behavior
Grades 9-12, page 156

Heredity, culture, and personal experience interact in shaping human behavior. Their relative importance in most circumstances is not clear.

NSES Content Standard C
Life Science: Reproduction and heredity
Grades 5-8, page 157
The characteristics of an organism can be described in terms of a combination of traits. Some traits are inherited and others result from interactions with the environment.

NSES Content Standard C
Life Science: Regulation and behavior
Grades 5-8, page 157
Behavior is one kind of response an organism can make to an internal or environmental stimulus. A behavioral response requires coordination and communication at many levels, including cells, organ systems, and whole organisms. Behavioral response is a set of actions determined in part by heredity and in part from experience.