It is parent-teacher conference day at Littleton Elementary School. Jimmy's teacher is anxious to meet his parents and discuss his habit of disrupting the class. 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. Jimmy's teacher and father are arguing about which fundamental sociological theory?
a. Kohlberg's theory of Moral Development
b. George Herbert Mead's theory of self-development
c. Nature vs. Nurture
d. Freud's theory of self-development

Jimmy's father thinks that Jimmy disrupting the class is a natural thing that he doesn't have much control of he takes the nature side of the argument

While his teacher believes that is a bad habit that must be changed, a choice or a behavior influenced by environmental factors.

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Tundexi Tundexi · Answer 2 · 2022-06-22T12:34:43+02:00

The teacher and the father are arguing about the fundamental sociological theory of Nature vs. Nurture.

What is the Nature vs. Nurture theory?

This is a psychological theory that suggest that the human personality is shaped by a combination of nature (genetic) and their nurture (environmental) influences.

Hence, in this case, the teacher and the father are arguing about the fundamental sociological theory of Nature vs. Nurture.

Therefore, the Option C is correct.