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The biggest controversy in psychology today is whether genetics or one’s environment plays a role in the behavior of the individual. Psychologists have researched and developed different theories to explain the reason for the way humans think and behave. The behavior of individuals is either inherited or learned. In my opinion, I believe that nurture plays a big role in the individual’s behavior. Kendra Cherry states, “Nurture refers to all the environmental variables that impact who we are, including our early childhood experiences, how we were raised, our social relationships, and our surrounding culture” (1). People have become who there are because of the environment they were exposed to in their childhood years. The behavior of people is influenced be the environment that surrounds them and can changed many times through one’s lifetime. People have different personalities a person’s

Over the millions of years organisms have been present on earth, there has been many forms of evidence to suggest animals are evolving through natural selection. However, the question still remains as to whether homo sapiens are still evolving through natural selection. Through the nature of science being subject to change and many new discoveries being made each day, it is difficult to make clear confined theories and conclusions, which will not be impacted on in the future.

Nature plays an important role and shapes a human's lifestyle. The question is which has a greater influence, Nature genes that we're born with or Nurture the environment we live in? Nowadays people tend to live and act based on their Genes. Genes can be anything from a person's height, hair color, eye color, fatigue, personality, and behaviors. Humans have been inheriting traits from decades ago. Nevertheless, Researchers and Psychologists and Scientists think that Genes are the answer to our actions. I agree with them because “You inherit your environment just as much as your genes" – Johnny Rich. This essay will persuade the reader as to why I chose Nature, why/how is it more important than Nurture, provide case studies/examples and reasons for Nature's importance.

Angelina: First of all there is a major misconception about the interaction of behavior in biology. People think that just because something is biological it’s inevitable, justified and impossible for change. This concept is called biological determinism and it refers to the notion that all human behavior is innate and determined by biological characteristics, genetic makeup and brain size[1]. The naturalistic fallacy points out that as humans we have the ability to make our own moral judgements, and that just because something is “natural” does not necessarily make it pre-determined or acceptable [1].We humans have the capability to alter our mindsets and have utter control over our actions and behavior.

I believe that each of us is born with a moral compass, something that regardless of the ebb and flow of life, directs us in a subconscious manner. An individual's belief system is intricately constructed over time, by many extraneous factors. We are all models of clay, waiting to be molded into whatever is thrown our way. We often come around people practicing 'situational ethics' that is resorting to only those principles that seem most favorable for a particular situation. In my point of view, ethics ought to be derived from stability. There should be some unyielding values inside each person that should steer him or her in a certain direction, regardless of what a situation demands. If one condemns lying but lies to get out of a particularly sticky situation, one may actually succeed in averting trouble, but this reveals more about one's character than originally considered. Forestalling the scenario once may be a petty triumph, but it surely would not cushion a person's sense of dignity, and that would be too big a price to pay for momentary comfort.

Lying today is quite a disregarded subject, causing its reputation enough to make people uneasy. Most are taught at a young age that lying is substandard, lousy, or even cheap, and that you should never use it to your benefit. Of course we don’t want to be a lousy person, but what about lying makes it so? Why is it considered so immoral and frowned upon by many social norms? Luckily for us there are two very appealing essays that help us crack these baffling questions. In these essays, they define the meaning of a lie, why we always seem to use them, and if they are actually bad for us. In Stephanie Ericsson’s The Ways We Lie it talks about the different types of lies, how and why we use them and what consequences can be followed by each lie. Also, adding clarity is Richard Gunderman’s article Is Lying Bad for Us that talks about how people lie to cope with things, but also expresses how lying might be bad for our physical or mental health.

The psychological stand point of this issue has boiled down to nature vs. nurture. Nature being genetic explanations of behavior looking at what we inherited from mum and dad, and nurture being all behavior learned through the environment which

Environmental factors play a key role in the development of any human being. Within a family unit, the ones who are closest can effect the way they are to be as adults. Adam Trask grew up with his half-brother, Charles. He had a “difficult relationship with [him because he} was jealous of him and [beat] him when they [were] boys” (“East”). Fighting for the love of Cyrus Trask, Charles took his anger out on Adam, scarring him and his view of his brother. Adam had no control within the feelings of Charles, making him that more repelled by the idea of his abusive brother. Biblically paralleled with Cain, Charles truly affects Adam’s look on any type of Cain figure that crosses paths with him, such as the effects of Cathy after she breaks his heart. Adam’s son, Aron Trask, also has a Cain figure in his life as well. Aron is the “innocent, good brother, in contrast to the aggressive, malicious Caleb” just as Adam was in contrast with Charles (“East”). He and his twin brother aren’t as aggressive as Adam and Charles were, but mentally and verbally. Caleb abuses Aron when he told Abra that Aron put a snake in her box making her reject him. Caleb is also jealous of Aron, but for his popularity. Charles and Caleb both effect Adam and Aron in a revealing way. When Charles tries to convince Adam that their dad was a liar, Adam immediately denies it, not wanting to accept the truth. As for Caleb telling Aron about their mother’s life as a prostitute, he reacts the same way when he is

Ethics are the moral codes laid down by professionals to ensure that their members or representatives adhere to certain standards of behaviour. All scientific bodies have such codes but those in psychology are particularly important because of the subject matter of the topic.

Once the value of the pleasure is determined one must also take into consideration the probability that it will be followed by a negative feeling, the number of people for whom the pleasure will be less or more pleasurable, and finally the overall number of people who are affected. To be ethical, one must act in accordance with the principle of utility. A person is ethical if they commit actions that bring pleasure, the more pleasure to the more people the better the action is considered. This form of ethics disregards motive and therefor allows for lying,

In a particular species of insects, you observe that over the last 300 years, the color pattern has alternated from being overwhelmingly blue with a few orange and red forms to the current parent where the orange and red forms are dominant and there are only a few blue specimens. What type of natural selection may lead to this

There is an emerging literature documenting how specific environmental factors moderate the importance of genetic effects. A growing number of variables have been shown to moderate the relative importance of genetic effects on substance use and dependence and externalizing behavior. Among the environmental moderators being studied are childhood stressors (emotional, physical, and sexual abuse), availability and access to drugs and alcohol, peer-group antisocial and prosocial behavior, religiosity, parental attitudes toward drugs and alcohol, parental monitoring, and socioregional factors. Religiosity has been shown to moderate genetic influences on alcohol use among females, with genetic factors playing a larger role among individuals without a

So what is ethics? George W. Reynolds states that “ethics is a set of beliefs about right and wrong behaviour within a society” and that “ethical behaviour conforms to generally accepted norms” with almost all of them being universal. As we all know, certain behaviours such as cheating and lying are

Human growth and development is an incredibly complex process, influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. At certain times and for certain developments, genetic influences dominate, whereas at other times, environmental influences are more powerful which emphasizes the fact that genetic and environmental forces are always working together (Sigelman and Rider, 2009).

Over the years, psychologists have been concerned with determining the relative amount contributed by genetics or environmental factors to different behavior. They also often ask the