The Fundamental Discussions On Personality Development

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.

The nature vs nurture issue has been a controversial argument among psychologist for decades. This argument exposes two different views. One of them emphasizes that our personality depends solely on genetics (nature). On the other hand, the second view suggests that humans “develop through experience” (Myers 2013, SG 6) (nurture).

A person’s nature, or genetics, determines aspects of the psychology of a person before they’ve been born. There are many example of how genetics determine characteristics of a person, regardless of the environment, also known as

There is a debate occurring in the world of psychology revolving around the way people’s behavior is based on either nature or nurture. Both of these, again, deal with psychology and are both aspects of behavior that are products by one of two realms. One being inherited through genetics and the other

Personality may be based on many factors. It may be based on innate or learned experience, or latent or manifest. But, the focus of this essay will be whether a person's personality is based on the magnitude of genetic or an environmental influence. Personality can be divided into two categories, innate or acquired characteristics. Heritability is a statistical measure that expresses the proportion of the observed variability in a trait that is a direct result of genetic variability. Environmental influences can be divided into two classes, shared and non-shared environment. Both heredity and environment contribute to personality traits and that the degree of their individual contributions cannot be specified for any traits. Although a person's environment plays an important part in their personality development, heredity factors play a larger role in deciding disposition of this

One of the oldest and most argued studies in psychology would have to be differentiating between nature, if we were born with specific biological and hardwired characteristics or if we are nurtured into the person we are today, meaning our characteristics are influenced by the things we are taught, things we have learned, and the people present in our lives at any given time. When you are born your mind is like a blank slate but as you grow you develop your own identity. Genes capture the evolutionary responses of past ancestors to the selection on behavior. Environmental diversity gives us the opportunity to adjust to changes during our own lifetime. The nature versus nurture debate relates to many controversies such as intelligence, gender identities, violent behaviors, and sexual orientation. If you believe your personality develops as you grow and gain experience then you take the nurture side in this debate but if you believe you have always had a set personality that has been present since birth then you take the nature side in this debate. Many people believe the two correlate when it comes to the upbringing of a person and in determining individual differences in physical and behavioral traits. Recently both have come to be recognized as playing interacting roles in the development of a

The topic of research was Biological Influences on Personality: Temperament. Personality is not just something we learn, there are also biological influences that help shape a person’s personality. Our book refers to temperament as biologically based emotional and behavioral tendencies that are evident in early childhood (Cervone D., & Pervin, 2015 p.488). Each article provided an insight on how biology plays an important role in our personality/temperament.

Throughout history, philosophers, scientist and psychologists have always possessed different opinions on what gives humans distinct characteristics. “Nature”, includes heredity which is a biological component that is believed to affect IQ while “Nurture” is when one’s environment which shapes us through various experiences. Those who are inquisitive about life commonly reflect on their lives, wondering whether they would be different if their experiences in childhood were altered; childhood experiences or our social environment ever so greatly affects our personalities. Withstanding that, nurture has the ability to change an individual's characteristics based on social environment. However, the severity of these changes is different for each

One of the oldest human development debate in psychology is nature vs. nurture. Some scientists believe that people are born with personality qualities that come from instinct, without the need to learn the trait (Rathus, 56). They are other scientists that believe ones personality is effected by his/her surroundings (Rathus, 56)

The nature versus nurture debate is one of the oldest philosophical issues within psychology…nature refers to all of the genes and hereditary factors that influence who we are – from our physical appearance to our personality characteristics [while] 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. (Cherry)

"Only in rare cases of extreme isolation is it possible to observe concretely separated two factors in the development of human personality which are always otherwise only analytically separated, the biogenic and the

Six topics that will be discussed are Nature versus Nurture, the Unconscious, View of Self, Development, Motivation, and Maturation along with a Biblical integration. The personality theories are important for understanding, development, and maturing of humans and the choices and behavior of those people.

With the growing research in Psychology, we find the question, “how did we get this way,” more common in development across the lifespan. (Cervone & Parvin, 2013) Personality theorists are looking more at this question, pushing to understand personality development even more. Two main challenges are faced while studying personality development; the patterns of development consistent with what most people experience and the developmental factors which contribute to each individual person. (Cervone & Parvin, 2013) Here we look at the latter of the two; what environmental experiences and genetic determinants contribute to who you are? But also, will siblings have similar personalities based off those environmental and genetics factors that contribute to personality.

An individual’s personality is what makes them unique. How people’s personalities are developed is based on years of research and theories. This paper will discuss some of those theories and dig into the research of personalities.

The topic of nature vs nurture effects on personality has been an ongoing psychology debate for many years with the support of both sides being divided between different disciples of psychology. The Nature Theory is based on the principle that the DNA inherited from our parents, which begins with a fertilized egg and evolves into a person, not only determines what we look like, but also contributes to our personality, the emotional person we are, and the behaviors we develop. In contrast, the Nurture Theory is based on the principle that the environment a person is exposed to, such as family and social surroundings, influence the behavior and personality they develop. Years of studies show that neither theory is solely responsible for who an