Is The Argument Of Nature Or Nurture?

Nature is of the belief that inherited traits found in our genes make us who we are. From the day we are born, we are subject to society, which play an important role in who we are by way of family, friends, and media. Any situation we are subject to has an impact on us. I remember my parents scrutinizing my older brothers about the friends in which they chose to

Nature Vs Nurture is often the huge debate in psychology when it comes to determining and understanding individual’s characteristics traits. Nature is hereditary to our behavior while nurture is based on our environmental influences. Although most argue whether or not nature or nurture defines our characteristics, I believe both have an impact on we are.

We are all a product of our environment. What we hear and see while we are growing up, becomes the norm. This was the case for me. Since being removed from that environment, I have realized that this is a big world that we live in and I have to share it with a lot of people, no matter what our differences are.

We aren’t born to be a certain way, it is the type of environment we are brought up in, and the influences upon us, which determines our character.

Stephanie Bueno Ms.Parascandolo Humanities II 9/1/14 Nature V.S Nurture It’s a question that many people have asked throughout history to get the psychological process of how people obtain certain qualities that make them who they are. The question everyone knows, Nature or Nurture? People grow up to be who they are because of one of these two factors.

Historically different philosophers and theorists have disagreed that we are born to be the way we are. Other theorists have argued that it is the way we have been raised and the environment we have lived in that influences and makes us who we are. This argument is known as the nature-nurture debate.

The nature versus nurture debate is said to be one of the oldest, longstanding debates within psychology. This debate really sparks the interests of researching whether it is soley by nature (our genes or hereditary factors) or by nurture (our enivornment, relationships, teachings) that we become who we are or what influences us most.

All humans have different characteristics which allow them to be unique in their own way including race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, and ability status. We are born with these characteristics which we inherit from our parents without consciousness or permission; this is known as the Beginning Step in the Cycle of Socialization. In addition, the location in which you were born and raised has a large impact on how you grow up as a child and also the values and beliefs you have been instilled with. The type of school you attended growing up also has an impact on who you are today. With growing up in various areas, humans are not as open-minded as they perceive about topics such as social justice and inequality. Therefore,

What is it that makes us who we are? There are two main opinions that have been proposed as solutions to this question: nature and nurture, both of which have been rigorously researched through history. The nature argument proposes that human personality, intellectual development, and social interactions are ultimately determined by heredity. Alternatively, the nurture argument says that all of these factors are determined by the environment’s influence of the individual. By examining what studies have shown in the past, as well as the observations of acclaimed psychologists, one may determine which ideology, nature or nurture, (or perhaps a combination of both) contributes more to the individual qualities that people develop as they grow up.

The Kindness Gene                                                         Grace S. R. Canfield                                                          Columbia Christian                                                                 9/15/17                                                        As long as humanity has existed, there have been debates. Some of them are heated, and some are calmer. Many debates are constantly enduring, but there is no one argument that is as integral to human life as Nature vs. Nurture. This argument provides the explanation for why we behave the way we do, and how we function in society. No matter what side you are on, you have to agree that it's important that you understand both so that you understand a little bit more about how yourself and others function.

When you are first born, you can't talk, so you can't show emotions besides through facial expressions. In an article written by Paul C Holinger, an M.D. he stated, “Why focus on feelings? Because feelings lead to behaviors- our actions or inaction stem from our feelings,”(Citation). From

With frequent moments of contentment and points of utter confusion, adolescence is a period of time that rapidly transitions a human being through developing contexts such as cognitive, emotional/social, and physical. For a child, typically, life is carefree and good behavior is rewarded and bad behavior is punished. However, as the mind matures, the complexity of life increases and the understanding of certain material appears different without the aid of an innocence mind. But how does a person go from one step to the next? What content will determine whether the child will have a forthcoming or a sidetracked life as an adult?

Throughout time we as humans have been learning and adapting to different environments. From birth to death. We are always changing where we may learn something and how to do things. From birth you are immediately learning how to breathe and how to function normally as a person. And as time goes on from birth you start to learn how to eat solid foods, walk, talk, and play. As you get older from there you are learning your culture and environment and how to look, act, and perform as people and these three things start to shape you as an individual. Like what you may like about someone and what you may not like about someone. once you start school you are now learning around you such as who

It has been noted that neither nature nor nurture can on their own provide complete explanation. All characteristics are product of nature and nurture.

For more than a century, researchers and psychologists, such as Sir Francis Galton, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud and many others, have been trying to understand how people are transformed by their environment. Researchers have mainly argued whether it is in fact our environment or rather genetics, our biological pre-wiring, which has influenced human behavior. This concept ultimately facilitated what is now known as the Nature versus Nurture debate. The Nature aspect states that human behavior is predetermined by our inherited genes or is the product of our innate behavior. The Nurture side of the disagreement postulates that human behavior stems from acquired attributes through individual learning and experiences. Correspondingly, the Object Relations Theory in psychoanalytic psychology supports the position that a person’s natural environment (i.e. family, peers, acquaintances, society) forms human development. The Object Relations theory stresses that it is the relationships between people, more specially family, often between mother and child, that crafts the human psyche.