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    Nature vs. Nurture Even though some people just act a certain way because that is how they are, like my brother. He usually always acts rude because that is how he is. The person you are is determined by the people you hang out with, because I have personally done this before and it is not because I'm a liar it is because that is how they know me and I would act more jokingly or more passionate towards them because they are a different person, I have noticed things like this in my time on this earth

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    Name : Mavin Ochola Waganda Topic : Nature and nurture of Psychology Table of Contents Introduction 3 Nature and Nurture 3 The three distinctive schools of thoughts 3 Nature and our Biology 4 Nurture and our Behavior 4 Black and Whites in 17th centaury 5 Intelligence 5 Hostility 6 Nurture and the Inborn 6 Children perspective 7 Conclusion 9 Bibliography 10 Introduction Nature and nurture issue has its root far back in the seventeenth century when psychologist wanted to know more about psychology

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    the nature versus nurture debate for over a century” (Plicher 1). Scientists and psychologists believe that because identical twins share 100% of the same genes, that studying twins, would benefit in proving the theory. Twins that are separated at birth end up living in different environments. Because they grow up differently, scientists and psychologists are able to analyze the genetic and environmental influences that shape the twins personalities. Even though the discussion of the nature versus

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    behaviors? This is the biggest conflict in psychology, the battle between nature and nurture and which factor has the most significant impact on human behavior; nonetheless, nurture has the largest impact on human behavior. “Nature is the predisposition one is born with while nurture includes how one is shaped by his or her family, friends, and the environment.” (Guo). Some scientists believe nature has the biggest impact, but nurture has the largest impact on behaviors because of influences such as friends

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    their parents.” Nature can be loosely defined as the genetic makeup, which a person inherits from both parents at the time of conception and carries throughout life. Several things in an individual are genetically inherited, ranging from gender, eye color, risks for certain diseases and exceptional talents to height. Genetics were most influenced on people’s sense of self control and also affected their social and learning abilities and their sense of purpose (The Telegraph). Nature affects personality

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    this opportunity as an experiment to test his nurture theory of gender identity. What are the expected results of this experiment, assuming that the nurture theory is valid? Given that this nurture theory is valid, the expected results of this experiment is that Brenda (who was formally Bruce) will grow up thinking that she was born a female and will throughout her entire life spam portray only idealistic female roles. 2. According to the nurture theory, predict the gender identity Bruce would

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    development which are the nature-nurture controversy, continuity versus discontinuity and universal versus context specific development (Demendonca, 2016). I also learned that there are four basic forces that can impact development, which are the biological forces, psychological forces, socio cultural forces and life cycle forces (Demendonca, 2016). From my exposure to this topic, I was able to gain great and valuable knowledge on the nature- nurture controversy. Nature "refers to biological forces

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    the most controversial topics of psychology is nature vs. nurture. Francis Galton was one of the first to describe nature as our heredity or innate predisposition, in other words the coding of genes in our cells known as biological characteristics such as skin color, hair color, eye color, etc. Cacioppo, J. T., & Freberg, L. (2013). He also goes on to describes nurture as the environmental factors that make a person, for example Galton describes nurture as the experiences that we go through in our

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    The debate of Nature vs. Nurture is possibly one of the oldest arguments in the history of psychology. This dispute regards the why as to who we are as people. There are some psychologists and non-psychologists alike who believe that people are the way they are due to their genetics, that they are simply born with a set of personality traits. Others believe that people are molded by their life experiences and the environment in which they grow up in. What each party would be surprised to discover

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    physical characteristics are hereditary by nature, nurture is mostly in control when it comes to an individual's manners and character. Nature and Nurture are both major contributors to the development of the monster’s behavior in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Since the beginning of life, nature and nurture have influenced all living things to learn, live, and survive. Nature represents the biological qualities that organisms inherit at birth, while nurture represents the qualities that organisms acquire

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