Why Are Some Children More Difficult Than Others?

“Trying to separate out nature and nurture as explanations for behavior, as in classic genetic studies of twins and families, is now said to be both impossible and unproductive” (Levitt, 1). Social scientists have declared the nature-nurture debate to be unnecessary. Similarly, scientists feel that such debate is not only unhelpful, but also outdated. From geneticists’ perspective, nurture and nature interact to influence

A child with learning problems may be many developmental years behind their peers, this will have a big impact on what they can do in all areas of development including physical skills, social skills and intellectual skills. They may find it especially hard to interact with children of the same age or stay interested in conversation. They may also need to have one-to-one lessons at school to help educate them as they may not be at the same cognitive stage as peers. This may leave them feeling left out.

The Nature versus Nurture debate has been ongoing for centuries. People have tried to gain power through knowledge in determining what causes the human “mind to tick.” For centuries leaders and scientists have performed unethical and immoral studies to determine why two people with similar genetic composition can come from similar backgrounds and turn out so differently. I have witnessed a person raised in a poor home by parents with drug addictions become a thriving contributable member of society. Unfortunately, I have also witnessed a person raised in a Christian home with a Father as a minister who ended up in prison. As we learn about the psychological and biological composition of human beings and the affecting environment, I am

There are many reasons why a child may have learning difficulties. The child may have had difficulties at birth or the problems may be genetic. Having a learning difficulty will affect development in a child. The child may need one to one help with reading, writing and arithmetic and support with other activities. Such children may find it hard to interact with other children and may also develop low self-esteem as they struggle academically.

Antisocial personality disorder is typically categorized by a disregard for and a violation of others rights. However, there has been an ongoing debate over the cause of the disorder. Psychologists have studied how both nature and nurture have played roles in how an individual develops antisocial personality disorder. For instance, many researchers have noted that nurture may play a role in the cause of the disorder, citing that neglect, harsher parenting, and greater neighborhood deprivation predicted antisocial behavior (Luntz, B. K., & Widom, C. S., 1994; Shaw, Hyde, and Brennan, 2012). Similarly, parenting and maternal depression have been signs of antisocial behaviors (Shaw et al., 2012). While other studies have focused on the biological nature of the disorder. For instance, antisocial personality disorder has been linked to variation in the frontal lobe functioning (Deckel, Hesselbrock, and Bauer, 1996), a reduction in prefrontal grey matter (Raine, A., Lencz, T., Bihrle, S., LaCasse, L., & Colletti, P., 2000). Although the literature appears to be divided between environmental and biological precursors for antisocial personality disorder, more current research has begun to examine how nature and nurture are contingent factors of antisocial personality disorder. Rather than either nature or nurture affects the development of antisocial personality disorder, it is possible that the two interact.

The classic debated topic of Nature versus Nurture has been and will always be a quarrelsome subject in the scientific world. Meaning, the issue of the level to which environment and heredity sway behavior and development in a person. Nature can be defined as, behaviors due to heredity. This means the behaviors is based on the inherited makeup of an individual and is an influence of the growth and development of that individuals’ all through life. On the other hand nurture is causes of behaviors that are environmental. This Intel’s the influence is from the individual’s parents, siblings, family, friends and all other experiences that individual exposed to during life. However, these concept of ideas supports the inborn genetic framework,

Human behavior is affected both by genetic inheritance and by experience. The ways in which people develop are shaped by social experience and circumstances within the context of their inherited genetic potential. Each person is born into a social and

One of the main, and most controversial topics discussed in a child’s development is, nature vs. nurture. Nature pertains to genetic influences that a child has inherited from their parents, such as traits, abilities, and capacities. For instance, what color eyes the child may have, how athletic they may be, and even their brain development. Whereas nurture, refers to the environment the child is raised in and how this shapes their behaviors. Such factors can include, the family’s socio-economic status, schooling, parental discipline, as well as whether the child is provided with enough resources. When it comes to nature or nurture having a stronger influence then the other, the answer is both, nature and nurture, influence the outcome of the child. This idea that both nature and nurture, play a part in how the child will develop, is known as the nature-nurture continuum.

These researchers have concluded that there is a strong correlation between the environment and the social behaviors and mental behaviors of a human being in the future. The most critical of these time periods are the childhood of the child and the social groups that the person has been emerged around in the adolescent ages. One of the most widely used studies is the Twin Study where two twins with a very similar genetic makeup are raised in different environments to see how much change there is in their behavior. These twins almost share 100% of their genes however, it has been shown that the only behavior that has been affected is their personality. Yet the personality has been observed to be different by 54% compared between twins who are raised in different environments (DANIEL GOLEMAN 1986). Showing that nurture is a lot more in control of how one acts and how they are more influenced by their environment. It becomes dangerous when one’s environment can begin to affect their behavior, as they can stray for the worst and make situations like past serial killers come true. Personality being affected by the environment can not be prevented, however, the type of environment that will influence future personalities can be changed and made for the better. They can be improved upon to prevent any future serial killers from being

An estimated heritability rate of 40-50% was found in retrospective reports. Plus, a considerable amount of evidence of prospective reports showed 40-70% of heritability rate in genetic influence in boys and girls with symptoms of conduct disorder (Dick et al. 2011). Genes contribute to half of the variance in antisocial behavior, and the other half is distributed to the non-shared environment (J. C. Barnes and Bruce A. Jacobs,2013) Molecular genetics has already produced a plethora of insights into these links. For example, certain genetic polymorphisms have been associated with various antisocial behaviors such as ADHD, childhood conduct disorder, and adulthood violent

Suppose that there was a child who was born with a tendency to violence. A genetic tendency that was passed down from his father and his grandfather. This kid, Jacob Barber is currently on trial for the murder of a fellow classmate. The prosecution team is aware of this genetic tendency that the child, father and grandfather contain, yet the court system has yet to decide whether the so-called murder gene can be considered a serious argument for proving of guilt. Now the son’s father, Andy Barber, also possesses this gene yet he is simply an extremely sweet man who “would never hurt a fly.” However, Andy’s father, Billy Barber is a murderer and also a carrier of the murder gene. An obvious problem arises here: how come two people – both with genetic tendencies to violence – behave completely differently? So could it be that this genetic tendency to violence is irrelevant in someone’s behaviour? Now we see the problem? Is it nature – where genes increases tendency to violence – or is it nurture – the way that the individual was raised? I believe that it is possible for nature to dictate how we act; yet we have the ability to change our general

For example, Moffitt’s (1993) claim is that adverse rearing environment coupled with biological predispositions environment influences one to persist in antisocial

Before I take this course, I thought that the diagnosis of a specific difficulty is not important in young children, but now I know that children need to have a diagnosis to have government support and can have specific therapies. According to the IDEA children with difficulties should be diagnosed under a category so they can have assistance and other benefits to improve their

Is behavior learned? It is inborn? What of aggression, intelligence, and madness? There is a crucial relationship between the behavior of humans toward their own kind and the view of life they hold. Interest in behavioral genetics depends on wanting to know why people differ. According to Jack R. Vale, in Genes, Environment, and Behavior, recognition of the importance of hereditary influence on behavior represents one of the most dramatic changes in the social and behavioral sciences during the past two decades. A shift began toward the more balanced contemporary view that recognizes genetic as well as environmental influences on behavior. Behavioral genetics lies in its theory and methods, which consider both genetic and

Is how aggressive an individual is determined only by his or her genes? Whether psychological and behavioral traits are purely determined by genetics, solely influenced by socialization, or a combination of both has been a highly debated topic within the field of psychology known as the “nature-nurture issue.” Today, although still disputed, a good number of psychologists and other scientists concur that genetics and the environment mutually influence and intermingle with one another (Myers, 2015). We can partially credit this fizzling-out of the nature-nurture debate to the discoveries made in twin studies. Twin studies are used to help delineate the genetic components of behavior and the socially and culturally influenced components (Myers, 2015). This type of study enables researchers to examine the extent to which genetics and environment have an effect on the development of traits and behavior. For example, in lecture, we learned that a common and natural experiment used in twin studies is to examine a set of twins who grew up in the same household and a set twins who grew up in separate households (K.W. Brown, personal communication, August 29, 2017).