What Sciences Says About the Self

Task #3A: Diversity, Nature/Nurture, and Anatomy

Individual Activity

Name: Maria Alana Dahlia R. Amargo Course Code: 1223 nrk

Instructions: Identify from which parent you have inherited the following attributes.

Father Mother Both Neither

Height 
Weight 
Shape of Face 
Eyes 
Ears 
Nose 
Lips 
Color of hair 
Skin complexion 
Feet size 
Body size / 
structure

After accomplishing the table, answer the following questions:

1. In terms of your physical features, who do you resemble more – you father or mother?
How do you say so?

It’s my father who I resemble more, because of how I look. People around us can justify
that because since I was a child they keep on saying the exact word.

2. In terms of temperament or disposition (quiet / loud, jolly, serious,

impulsive/conscientious), who do you take after – your father or mother? Explain your answer.

I got the the loud, jolliness of my father and quiet, impulsive side of my mother. And loud and
conscientious to both of my parents.
My father is such a joker around his friends and to us, his family just like me, I always make fun
around them, be loud as I can. My mother is quiet and impulsive, I sometimes do the same when
I cant do the exact thing that I wanted to do.

3. Based on your answers to the preceding questions, do you think that when you reach
your dominant parent’s age, you will also be like him or her? Why or why not?
In attitude, yes, but I think I’ll be different with the way I think and decide. My parents are not
fix on their goals and I don’t want that to happen on me, as much as possible I do what I
plans.

Task #3B: My DNA – Diversity, Nature/Nurture, and Anatomy

Individual Activity

Name: Maria Alana Dahlia R. Amargo Course Code: 1223 nrk

Instructions: Indicate whether these medical conditions are present or have occurred in your
family (from your grandparents to your own generation), including yourself, by checking the
corresponding boxes.

Conditions:

___ heart disease ___ measles  autism

 asthma ___ typhoid fever ___ ADHD
___ tuberculosis ___ chicken pox ___ learning disability
___ pneumonia ___ anemia ___ polio
___ cardiovascular diseases ___ dengue fever ___ hearing loss
(stroke) ___ UTI ___ vision loss
___ organ failure ___ viral ___ Alzheimer’s disease
 cancer infection
___ obesity

Add other conditions that are not listed above (if any).
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________

Answer the following questions:

1. From whose side of your family did majority of the medical conditions come from – your
father’s side or mother’s side?

Its either on my father and mothers side.

2. Does experiencing any of the above conditions influence your sense of self? If yes, how?
If no, why?

With asthma condition, when I was a child my movements were limited and I cannot
use certain products, but as I grow older this condition lessen, I can do movements that
I cannot do.
 3. Do you think your parents’ or grandparents’ lingering illnesses will be passed on to you?
Why or why not?

Yes, its possible since its really a strong illness/deasses. And I already have asthma so I
think other illness are possible.

4. Do you think you can avoid having any of these medical conditions in the future? Why or
why not?

Yes, somehow I kinda know how, buy maintaining my health. I can maintain it buy
avoiding foods that may trigger the illness, but of course its really hard to avoid foods
that are really good.
5. How do you value your health?

By drinking some vitamins and eating healthy foods, and sometimes doing exercise.

Task #3C: My DNA – Diversity, Nature/Nurture, and Anatomy

Individual Activity

Name: Maria Alana Dahlia R. Amargo Course Code: 1223 nrk

Instructions: List down activities you are presently doing to take care of your health.

badminton

eating healthy food

taking vitamins
Which of the following activities are you interested in doing in the future?
 Group sports (basketball, volleyball, etc.)
___ Individual sports (running, swimming, etc.)
___ Yoga and meditation
___ Going to the gym
 Journaling, writing, blogging
___ Art activities (painting, sculpture, etc.)

Task #3D: My DNA – Diversity, Nature/Nurture, and Anatomy

Individual Activity

Name: Maria Alana Dahlia R. Amargo Course Code: 1223 nrk

Instructions: Check whether you agree or disagree with the following statements:

Statement Agree Disagree

1. I believe everyone has control over their lives. 
2. I believe that we cannot be conditioned by 
society.
3. I believe that we are fully aware of our behaviors. 
 4. I think people are good. 
5. I believe that everyone can be a saint. 

Rank the following social institutions according to what you value the most (1) to the one you
value the least (5). Explain your ranking.

4 technology
5 government
3 church
1 family
2 school

For me family comes first, in every decision I made and will make, I always think of my family,
for as long it will do good in their lives, I don’t care anymore. School comes second, every
academic learning came from the school and without school I don’t think people will learn what
works or in what field they wants to be in, also, every friendship, second family starts here, you
eventually learn how to socialize with them, be happy. In everything I do, I will always think of
going to church to thank god of what I have and what I am now, though you can thank him
anywhere but church is his home, it where we go when people wants to be married and more.
Technologies made a huge impact regarding on peoples needs, especially for me I usually use
laptop as one of a source for education, smartphones also helped me on entertainment,
smartwatch also helps peoples life easier because for some reason inventors made it more
convenient when most of us uses it, in a simple click you can now access your hours of sleep
and you can also use it when you exercise. So I conclude that technology became part of my
life. When it comes to government I usually have no interest in it, because I thought that they
were doing good handling the society, but then my perspective on it changed last year, when I
found out how they rule the society. They would usually do things for their own good, controls
the expenses to make their life easier, controls the poor, for them to know that they lead us
and show that they got the power and I hate how they do that.