Nature Vs. Nurture Debate

One of the oldest debates in the history of Psychology is about Nature versus Nurture. Today, we know that both play a significant role in human’s life. Some people believe that it is genes which affects our way of life and some people believes that it is none other but our environment that greatly influences our lifestyle and some believe that both has tremendous impact on one’s way of life. Indeed in certain cases both our nature (our genes) and our environment roughly play an equal role in human life.

My 1st example as to why Nature is more important is "The Minnesota Twins Study" conducted by Thomas Bouchard. At that time Thomas was studying twins who were separated at birth and lived in different Environments. Bouchard found Jack and Oscar as the perfect example. Jack grew up as a Jew and Oscar was a catholic/Nazi. Thomas decided to call the twins and set up a meeting in Minnesota. After a week's long study, Jack and Oskar discovered that they dress alike, enjoy the same food, have the same hobbies, fall asleep in front of the television and have trouble with math. After a while, they discovered that they both like to sneeze during uncomfortable silences and like to eat spicy liqueurs. No matter how far we live, how different our environments are, Genes will always be responsible for the personality traits we

Advances in science today suggest neither nature nor nurture is exclusively responsible, but instead an interactive relationship between our genes and environmental influences. The influence that nurture has upon nature is a new and blooming field called behavioral epigenetics.

In Nature vs. Nurture Debate by CommonLit Staff, the authors talks about the quarrels between nurture and nature, nurture being the development through “environmental influences”; meanwhile, nature being the traits passed down from biological parents to the child, and Huck’s nature side, in comparison, is more noticeable than his nurture side. Had Huck’s nurture side been more apparent than his nature side, he would be like just any other kids— one who follows the rules of society. Since his nature side is greater, even though readers do not know what his nature sides are, he is able to do whatever he wants. In Twain’s book, the Widow Douglas tries to civilize Huck, but he dislikes being civilized; therefore, his nature side is dominant which

How is the nature vs nurture debate related to a consideration of the mental disorder, schizophrenia?

Human development is known as the most highly controversial topics in the world of psychology. The debate is known as nature vs. nurture. The controversy on nature vs. Nurture centers on the personality, behavior, intelligence, and feelings. This debate is over are they genetically inherited or environmentally earned. We are all known as innate creatures born

Nature Vs Nurture centers on how much of a person’s biological, cognitive, personal and social development can be attributed to either the genetic (hereditary) determinism i.e. nature or the environmental determinism i.e. nurture.

The debate of Nature vs. Nurture is almost as old as humans themselves. Science that mysterious language that allows to understand the world around us still can't give us a clear picture into our DNA. Are our personalities somehow linked to the chemicals in our brains or do we take after those who raise us?

Very Well Mind has explained the definitions and thought processes of scientists and biologists. Nature refers to all of the genes and hereditary factors that influence who we are—from our physical appearance to our personality characteristics. 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. Biological variables have been seen as one of the biggest nurturing parts of children. However, some things happen naturally, no matter the influence coming from outside sources.

On November 15, 1959, four members of the prosperous Clutter family were murdered for seemingly no reason. This led many people to come up with their own ideas of what happened that night. This debate may be answered by psychology. One question that psychologists have is whether people are controlled more by their nature-genetics-or nurture-how they were raised (Mcleod 1). This debate can be used to discuss the motive of murderers, and argue for or against the death penalty in their case. Richard ¨Dick¨ Hickock and Perry Edward Smith, the ¨Clutter Killers,¨ are a perfect example of the nature vs. nurture debate. Perry was more influenced by nurture, while Dick was more influenced by nature.

What is the nature side of the debate? Nature mainly refers to genetic features that are passed down to children from their parents or ancestors. Examples of these would be the height, stature, eye color, hair color, and other physical features. Children’s temperament is also due to partially due to their genetic makeup. Does our genetic makeup affect an individual’s personality or behaviors, or are people simply products of their environment?

The nature ( genes, biological and family factors ) versus nurture ( childhood, social and environmental factors ) debate is about the impact of an individual’s inborn characteristics as opposed to the experience from the surroundings they were brought up in, in deciding individual differences in physical and moral traits. The theory that people obtain all or most of their moral traits from social and environmental factors is also known as nurture.

The debate between nature verse nurture theories focus on whither a person’s development is dependent upon ones genetic blueprint or the

Nature refers to genes and heredity. There are many characteristics within a person. For instance, nature determines eye color, hair color, genetic diseases and many more things. However, these characteristics are also influenced by environmental factors and lifestyle. Nurture is tied to environmental influences,

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.