Nurture Theory

This is a summary of Part 2 (chapters two through five) of The Nurture Effect by Anthony Biglan, PhD. Chapter two is titled ‘Nurturing Families.’ As one might imagine the chapter revolves around the topic of family. It discusses the importance of nurturing development during pregnancy and the first two years of the child’s life. The Nurse-Family Partnership program is talked about as a great solution for poor single teenage mothers. As the chapter continues it goes into topics related to the development of young children and adolescents. Specifically, emotional regulation and nurturing young children as well as the power of attuned, attentive interactions and the

Nature vs Nurture is something that has been researched for many years especially when it comes to finding the reason for someone committing a crime. When talking about nature, I am talking about how you are born. The genes that you are born with that make you who you are. When referring to nurture I am talking about how someone is raised. Such as the environment you live in and what is taught to you. As humans we cannot control our nature it is simply what you are born with. When you are born you have all your genes that will decide what you look like, how tall or short you will be, so why do we not believe that our behavioral tendencies, and personality attributes come from our genes too. Psychological theories such as the biological approach, and psychoanalysis have helped to show us how are genetics predetermine our behavior. Researchers have found multiple facts that support each side and for years no one has been able to decide which one influences us over the other one. I believe that our nature has a greater impact on us then our nurture especially when it comes to criminal actions.

Throughout history, studies have shown that who you become later in life is determined at birth, that one’s genes solely influence who they grow up to be. To some extend this may be true however, new research concluded that the environment and experiences someone experiences as a child can be just as influential as genetic makeup. These studies have led to the Nature verses Nurture debate, with the nature side being one’s heredities and the nurture side, childhood experiences and relationships. This controversy has largely impacted the criminal world, as law enforcement tries to understand why some people commit horrendous acts. Nature vs. Nurture specifically comes into play when trying to understand the psychology of a serial killer, as

Genes influence every aspect of our physiology, development, and adaptation. Obesity seems to be no exception. Yet, even after reading this article and researching this topic, I still know relatively little regarding the complex interplay between our genetic makeup and our life experiences. The author of this article and the research contained within does little to clarify the role of nurture in the nature vs. nurture argument. Environmental causation is discussed only in terms of how environmental stress has the potential of becoming a part of one’s genetic makeup and therefore transferrable to future generations. It’s clear that genetic factors make a contribution to obesity risk, but not everyone who may be predisposed to obesity because

The nurture theory holds that genetic influence over abstract traits may exist; however, the environmental factors are the real origins of our behavior. This includes the use of conditioning to induce a new behavior to a child, or alter an unlikely behavior being shown by the child.

There are many different ways that behavior can be explained, especially on the terms of nature vs. nurture. Aggression is a behavior that has been extensively analyzed in a complex manner and the causes of it can be explained many different ways. Aggression can be defined as hostile or destructive behavior that can cause injury or destructive outlook especially when caused by frustration. Nature can be defined as aspects of behavior that have been inherited or are genetic, while nurture is all aspects that are influenced by environmental characteristics and experience. Many factors, both biological and environmental, influence and promote aggressive behaviors, such as hormones and neurotransmitters, genetics, family life, past experiences, and hobbies.

When we learn something new, we begin to forget rapidly before what we retain levels off. Reasons for why this may be happening is because we never encoded the memory, decaying of stored memory, or because the physical memory trace is gradually fading (Myers & DeWall, 2016, p.303).

The ongoing debate of the topic “Nurture” is more important than “nature”, has been considered true many times throughout the world from books to real life scenarios and events, but what is our meaning of “nurture” and “nature”? The common aspect of “nurture” is where outside influences determine what we will be like society being an example, while “nature” is basically that genetics determine the outcome of how people turn out. There is an easy argument for the case of “nurture”, but just because of the argument being an easy case, is it really true? People acquire their personalities, opinions and beliefs through “nurture”, while they also inherit a much deeper meaning of quality through “nature”, being that, quality is the trait which it takes to commit murder, seek risk, or become an accountant. That is why the statement “nurture” is more important than “nature”is false.

Nurture theory, or behaviourism, is the theory that every baby is born as a ‘blank slate’ and all behaviour is learned.

Through history, the idea of nature vs. nurture has been a hotly debated issue. Nature, or genetics is often believed to be the most important aspect of a persons’ upbringing, as nature is something intrinsic to any one person. However, many debate that nurture, or the care and encouragement of any human life, trumps nature. The earliest evidence and rebuttals of these theories have been honed and developed over time by specific psychologists and educational theorists – all who hoped to prove their own ideas as fact at one time in history.

Nurture is based on an individual’s personal experiences. One video describes 2 feral children named Jenne and Amanda. Jenne was in complete isolation until she was 13. Her father tied her up to a potty chair and fed her baby food, cereal, and eggs. Her father threatened and beat her mother causing Jenne to go into complete silence. She was also beaten if she made any noise. When she was found she couldn’t stand or walk right and didn’t have the urge to talk. Amanda was raised by stray dogs because her parents abandoned her and when she was found at the age 8 she demonstrated the mannerism of dogs so she barked and walked like

In society, not one person is alike. By saying this, many people believe that they strongly take after their parents. Meaning they think Nature is a big part in their life and why they are who they are. The genes in each cell in us humans determine the different traits that we have, more dominantly on the physical connections like eye color, hair color, ear size, height, and other traits. However, it is still not known whether the more abstract attributes like personality, intelligence, sexual orientation, likes and dislikes are gene-coded in our DNA. The nurture theory has experiments showing a child’s behavior with the environment as to adult behavior. In the Nature Vs Nurture debate, everyone has their own thoughts and ideas on each

Nature v nurture has been an argumentative topic in psychology for almost as long as psychology has existed. Nature is classified as personal genetic traits that are passed onto us without our control. Nurture involves how we are raised, with what morals, and what experiences we encounter that shape us into what we become as adults. In Perry’s case, his traumatic upbringing is what shaped him to be what he became not his biological makeup.

Human improvement has been viewed as a standout amongst the most exceedingly questionable subjects in the realm of brain research. This level headed discussion is named nature versus sus-tain. The discussion focuses on the introduce that our identity, conduct, knowledge, and senti-ments are either hereditarily acquired, or ecologically earned; that we are inborn animals con-ceived with our identities, or that they are found out by involvement and time. We are conceived with our identities, however our practices are found out through involvement and molded through time.

I disagree with you that there are no circumstances in which there is a crime for failing to act. For instance, if you had a child and knew the child had been sick, but never took the child to the doctor and the child suddenly dies due to lack of medical services. How would it not be your fault as the parent, when you knew the child had been sick but make the choice not to get a professional opinion about the health of your child? In the case of the Canadian couple, David and Collet Stephan the couple had a child with undiagnosed meningitis. The couple knew that the child had been sick and treated him with home remedies. The couple did have a friend, for a nurse that told them of the possibility that their child had meningitis (Hanson, 2016).