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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.

Rue is also exhibited not to fear death, by being the oldest child, with five brothers and

Although Grandison fools everyone into believing he loves his life as a slave, it becomes apparent at the end of the story that he had the desire and intention to escape from the start. Not wanting to reveal his true intention, Grandison acted like a model slave and showed no interest in escaping throughout his entire trip North with Dick. His almost over-the-top praises of slavery and criticisms of abolitionists and free life actually convince both Colonel Owens and Dick Owens that he enjoys his life as a slave. However, he ultimately “passes” from slavery to freedom, bringing his family with him. It may seem irrational that Grandison made the perilous journey all the way home just to escape again, but he did so to free his family too. This shows how much Grandison cared about his family and how blind Colonel Owens and Dick were to overlook that possibility.

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).

The many determinants of one's attitude and personality surround a person from day one of existence and, therefore, slowly mold the person they will become later. The Power of Place informs the reader of places and regions that produce different aspects of personality. The tranquility of nature helps to reach the inner sanctum of personality as opposed to the monotonous routine of the concrete jungles of the city. Anything and everything that surrounds a person molds their personality to perform certain mannerisms and certain stimuli to the smallest routine activity.

Colonel Owens’ intentions were to select a slave his son could bring up north, who had proven to be resistant to abolitionist ideals and the prospect of running away. To Colonel Owens elation, Grandison’s answers not only confirmed his view of a mutually benefits of slavery but went above and beyond to demonstrate a conceivably genuine appreciation of the resources and lifestyle on the plantation. He went on questioned Grandison about the fairness of his treatment and the kindness of his master before promising him a bead necklace for his future wife and deeming him “abolitionist-proof.” Although the interaction described was only a brief portion of the story it proves to be a pivotal moment in the plot and leaves the audience to assume that Grandison is loyal slave with no intention of running away. But, as we later find out, Grandison was not at all ignorant to the ideals of abolitionism and actually aspired to be a free man. He eventually achieves his goal as we see in the very last chapter but not without an unexpected twist

When he asks his siblings about his race or his background, they tease him, lie, or dismiss him. When he asks his mother about herself, she avoids the question or answers briefly.

A person with no ancestral heritage also does not have a familial identity. They are nobody’s son, daughter, brother, or sister. Every human being is created by two people and will always be characterized as their parent’s son or daughter; they can always be identified by their relationship to the people who created them. His creator does not wish to have a relationship with him. The creature recalls that he has "no father [who] watched [his] infant days [and] no mother had blessed [him] with smiles and caresses" (81). Without "mutual bonds" (81) with others, the creature has an alienated existence from human beings; he is not anyone’s son. The creature longs to be part of a domestic circle, like that of the De Lacy family.

There are a plethora of ideas and theories regarding the developmental psychology behind why people metamorphosize into different personalities and habits later in life. Developmental psychologists have developed several ways to try and determine where the determining factors are in peoples’ lives that cause the differences. Several of the theories tend to have overlaps in parts of the ideas such as the ideas of “nature vs nurture” and that of “social context.” These theories share the overlapping ideas that there are outside influences on the way a person turns out in life. While “nature vs nurture” states that there are outside influences, there is also a counterargument that the genetic make-up of a person is the determining factor for how that person develops later. Even still, there are some who also believe that both arguments of “nature vs nurture” have even attributes on the lives of people.

Meursault didn’t care enough to see how his mother was doing. If he loved her, he would go out of his way

Each person is blessed with their very own personality. Parents can get glimpses of what their children’s personality will be at a very young age. A lot of things will influence the outcome of our personality. The way we are raised and the values that are instilled in us is one influence.

ever tried to because she knew that he was a good man and he changed after he met her. However, the only true love she had was the love for her adoptive parents. The only true love throughout the story was Armand’s and Desiree’s parents. The “unconscious injury” Armand refers to is the lost memory he feels his wife has lost of her ethnicity. Finally, Armand felt that his pride was hurt because of the shame his wife has brought to the family name of Aubigny..The last thing Armand wants to add to the bonfire is a package of letters from Désirée to himself, written during their engagement. He removed the letters from a drawer and with them a letter that was not of the same set. He notices this letter, one written from his mother to his father.

Both nature and nurture interplay to determine personality characteristics. Nature is heredity and passed on at conception. Nurture is that which is environmentally developed. It is innate that a baby will crawl, but he needs the support of his environment (diet, etc.) if he is to ultimately survive. Our behaviour is the result of a combination of inborn traits and the situations in which we find ourselves. There are five categorise which help influence personality differences. Genetically, offspring tend to take on some of the characteristics of their parents. However, this could be due to long term exposure to the personalities of their parents rather than their genetic coding. Whether a person is male or female determines what gender role they take on. ‘Women are expected to be nurturing, attractive, emotional, weak, and subordinate to men; whereas, men are the strong, rational, objective, and financial providers’ (Loue and Sajatovic, 2007). Ones family experiences can also influence a person’s behaviour. Family experiences like: ‘family size, birth order, differential parental orientations towards children’ etc. will impact on the emergence of personality as well as a person’s suitability to leadership roles (Morley and Moore et al., 2004, pp. 28-52). Culture plays a very strong role in determining what is believed to be acceptable and unacceptable

While his father was from an old noble family his mother was only from a common one with no special background and history. She always told him that he

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.