One of the oldest arguments in the history of psychology is the nature versus nurture debate. Both sides have great points, but it is challenging to debate whether a person’s development is based off their DNA (nature) or if it is influenced by the environment (nurture). Nature is described as the coding of genes in each cell in humans that determine the different physical traits we have. For example, eye color, hair color, etc. Nature influences people’s lives based on their intelligence level. In our psychology book, it states that different ethnic groups tend to score differently on intelligence test. It also expresses to us that people who are related and have been reared together ought to have similar IQs than the ones who are distantly related (197).
Nurture is described as the things that influence our behavior based off of the environment around us. For example, the behavior of an adolescent around a certain group of people can changes based on the environment that he or she is in. Nurture influences people’s lives based off their intelligence as well. For example, in our psychology book, it tells us that the home environment and parenting styles can cause an influence on a person’s IQ score. Children of parents who are often emotionally and verbally responsive, and involved with their children tend to obtain high IQ …show more content…
I suppose that homosexuality is a personal preference and that no one is actually born with a genetic gene that causes someone to be born homosexual. I think that environment influences the people around us to “try” out new things just to fit in with a certain social group, or even just to fit in school. I am proven wrong, homosexuality can be genetically passed down, which is an example of nature. In out psychology book, it gives us proven facts that homosexuality is based off of someone’s genes, DNA, and/or genetic
Nurture is described as the things that influence our behavior based off of the environment around us. For example, the behavior of an adolescent around a certain group of people can changes based on the environment that he or she is in. Nurture influences people’s lives based off their intelligence as well. For example, in our psychology book, it tells us that the home environment and parenting styles can cause an influence on a person’s IQ score. Children of parents who are often emotionally and verbally responsive, and involved with their children tend to obtain high IQ …show more content…
I suppose that homosexuality is a personal preference and that no one is actually born with a genetic gene that causes someone to be born homosexual. I think that environment influences the people around us to “try” out new things just to fit in with a certain social group, or even just to fit in school. I am proven wrong, homosexuality can be genetically passed down, which is an example of nature. In out psychology book, it gives us proven facts that homosexuality is based off of someone’s genes, DNA, and/or genetic