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Giovanna Camacho
Kaplan University
There has been an ongoing debate about whether environmental factors or biological factors are associated with behavior. Carey and Gottesman (2006) suggest that epigenetics play a role in both environment and biological factors when being associated with behavior. Epigenetics alters genes throughout someone’s lifespan and includes implications from previous family members (Carey & Gottesman, 2006). Life choices from previous generations have implications on new born generations. This means that if previous family member from other generations had antisocial behavior as a hereditary trait, that the current child would be more prone to have the same DNA as their previous …show more content…
The article discusses that in the early 20th century it was believed, and still on going for some researches, that genes, environment, and behavior where due to nature vs nurture. Nature was a form of someone’s DNA and genotypes, where as, nurture is a form of environmental factors. In the middle 20th century, researches started to take into the account the possibility that environmental factors could influence DNA, therefore, altering behavior. It was thought that genes are changeless, that genes only influence developing systems in the body and maintains that same system throughout the lifespan (Carey & Gottesman, 2006). Today’s research has proven that if you add environmental stress factors to a person, that this could alter the systems influenced by genes. It can alter the systems by creating developing diseases and different types of disorders such as panic disorder and depression (Carey & Gotesman, 2006). Another factor that came about contradicting the nature vs. nurture model was the advances in neuroscience. Neuroscience research demonstrates that certain areas of the brain are associated with a change of behavior (Carey & Gotesman, 2006). These new views of environment and genetics do not involve the notion of one or the other; rather it explains how both environment and genetics both come together and how they are associated with behavior. Carey and Gotesman (2006) conclude that apart from gene disorders and the Y chromosome, no other genotype has been associated with ASB. The authors suggest that even if all genes where found that were associated to antisocial behavior that the overall error rate in prediction would be remarkably
Giovanna Camacho
Kaplan University
There has been an ongoing debate about whether environmental factors or biological factors are associated with behavior. Carey and Gottesman (2006) suggest that epigenetics play a role in both environment and biological factors when being associated with behavior. Epigenetics alters genes throughout someone’s lifespan and includes implications from previous family members (Carey & Gottesman, 2006). Life choices from previous generations have implications on new born generations. This means that if previous family member from other generations had antisocial behavior as a hereditary trait, that the current child would be more prone to have the same DNA as their previous …show more content…
The article discusses that in the early 20th century it was believed, and still on going for some researches, that genes, environment, and behavior where due to nature vs nurture. Nature was a form of someone’s DNA and genotypes, where as, nurture is a form of environmental factors. In the middle 20th century, researches started to take into the account the possibility that environmental factors could influence DNA, therefore, altering behavior. It was thought that genes are changeless, that genes only influence developing systems in the body and maintains that same system throughout the lifespan (Carey & Gottesman, 2006). Today’s research has proven that if you add environmental stress factors to a person, that this could alter the systems influenced by genes. It can alter the systems by creating developing diseases and different types of disorders such as panic disorder and depression (Carey & Gotesman, 2006). Another factor that came about contradicting the nature vs. nurture model was the advances in neuroscience. Neuroscience research demonstrates that certain areas of the brain are associated with a change of behavior (Carey & Gotesman, 2006). These new views of environment and genetics do not involve the notion of one or the other; rather it explains how both environment and genetics both come together and how they are associated with behavior. Carey and Gotesman (2006) conclude that apart from gene disorders and the Y chromosome, no other genotype has been associated with ASB. The authors suggest that even if all genes where found that were associated to antisocial behavior that the overall error rate in prediction would be remarkably