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Nature Vs Nurture

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Nature vs. Nurture Even though some people just act a certain way because that is how they are, like my brother. He usually always acts rude because that is how he is. The person you are is determined by the people you hang out with, because I have personally done this before and it is not because I'm a liar it is because that is how they know me and I would act more jokingly or more passionate towards them because they are a different person, I have noticed things like this in my time on this earth. People can act differently around other people if you paid close enough attention to them, and As my grandfather always said, "You show me your friends I will tell you what type of person you are." and I believe him because if you do notice that …show more content…

For example in this quote. “Nature, or genetics, has been proven to be an important factor in the development of some mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia, bipolar, and major depression: Bipolar, for example, is four to six times more likely to develop when there is a family history of the condition. However, although the importance of genetic factors cannot be denied, the development of mental illness is not entirely genetic. Take identical twins, for example, They share genes, yet if one twin develops schizophrenia, the other twin only has a 50% chance of also developing the condition. This shows that nature, while it plays an important part, is not the only contributing factor.” (GoodTherapy.org) While at the same time nurture can be a contributing factor to nature which makes them correlate with each …show more content…

To be honest I believe that nature and nurture are both contributing factors to your life and personality. For example in this quote. “The study, published in Nature Genetics, reviewed almost every twin study done in the last 50 years and found that 49% of the average variation for human traits and diseases were down to genetics, and the other 51% were due to environmental factors. When visiting the nature versus nurture debate, there is overwhelming evidence that both genetic and environmental factors can influence traits and diseases," said lead researcher Dr. Beben Benyamin, from the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), in a statement. "The findings show that we need to look at ourselves outside of a view of nature versus nurture, and instead look at it as nature and nurture.” (IFLScience.) This study supports my argument by bringing things together instead of keeping them apart. One thing that we as humans do is always separate things so we can identify ourselves separately because it is easier to process. What we should be doing is try to study things as a whole first instead of separately the first time given the opportunity to do

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