Throughout history it has been debated whether the development of a child was mainly based upon the inheritance of genes from their parents (nature) or the environmental factors or experiences (nurture) surrounding them. The basic assumption of those who support the nature perspective, argue everyone has an individual genetic blueprint code with differences that make everyone distinctive but all the same as a species. With the main role of parents/guardians is to protect and nurture the child until they are able to care for themselves. (Lipton, 2001)
While those supporting the nurture perspective have an opposing view in which they believe humans start off with a ‘blank slate’ (Tabula rasa), which is ‘filled’ through our experiences and …show more content…
This theory outlines that children and adults learn by observing the behavior of others. His well-known ‘Bobo doll experiment’, in which the experiment involved subjecting young children to two differing adult reactions; an aggressive action and a non-aggressive action. After watching the adult's different behaviors, the children would then be placed in a room without the adult and were watched to uncover whether they would mimic the behaviors they had been subjected to from the adults …show more content…
Although Kagan’s studies (2010) deliver the suggestion that ‘some brains are more easily prompted than others and are more likely to be susceptible to differing experiences’. Thus this is why parents, care givers and family attachments and the way they respond to the developing child is important in building solid and positive grounds for the child’s achievement in life. It is also why early occurrences of domestic violence’s, abuse, mental health and poverty are a fear in the development of the child. In situations where the young child’s start of life hasn’t been great, interventions and support groups are always important in providing better outcomes for said children.
Another influence of the part in which nurture provides in childhood development, has been exhibited in experiments in which stepping practice was controlled to a group of children for just a few minutes several times in a day. Later on it was found that these young children were capable of walking several days before the young children who had not been given stepping practice (Zalazo, Zelazo & Kolb,
While those supporting the nurture perspective have an opposing view in which they believe humans start off with a ‘blank slate’ (Tabula rasa), which is ‘filled’ through our experiences and …show more content…
This theory outlines that children and adults learn by observing the behavior of others. His well-known ‘Bobo doll experiment’, in which the experiment involved subjecting young children to two differing adult reactions; an aggressive action and a non-aggressive action. After watching the adult's different behaviors, the children would then be placed in a room without the adult and were watched to uncover whether they would mimic the behaviors they had been subjected to from the adults …show more content…
Although Kagan’s studies (2010) deliver the suggestion that ‘some brains are more easily prompted than others and are more likely to be susceptible to differing experiences’. Thus this is why parents, care givers and family attachments and the way they respond to the developing child is important in building solid and positive grounds for the child’s achievement in life. It is also why early occurrences of domestic violence’s, abuse, mental health and poverty are a fear in the development of the child. In situations where the young child’s start of life hasn’t been great, interventions and support groups are always important in providing better outcomes for said children.
Another influence of the part in which nurture provides in childhood development, has been exhibited in experiments in which stepping practice was controlled to a group of children for just a few minutes several times in a day. Later on it was found that these young children were capable of walking several days before the young children who had not been given stepping practice (Zalazo, Zelazo & Kolb,