Nature and Nurture both play a crucial role in a human’s development. Only through a combination of both do we receive the traits that make up who we are as people. In this essay I will define nature and nurture, relating them to my own experiences with both.
Firstly, nature is the unchangeable. It is the elements of us that we are born with and sets us up for a certain path in life. A person’s genetic makeup, from a biological standpoint, defines everything about that person. These are the elements we cannot change about ourselves, such as having a certain hair or eye color.
Nurture on the other hand, is the environment a person grows up in. This environment is full of social influences brought upon us such as education, culture, gender norms, and relationships. An example of nurture having an effect on someone’s traits would be someone developing an athletic trait after being encouraged by family to participate in sports.
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I am the only version of myself, as there is no one with the same genetic makeup as me. My experience with nurture is affected by what traits I was given at conception. I was born female, and I have gone through life with the gendered norm for my sex. This is an example of how nature has impacted me, however because of my environment, my views on being a woman are widely different than if I were a man trying to relate to the life of a woman. I will never be able to truly understand how a man goes about life as society treats men and women differently because of preconceived gender roles. There are major elements of me, like my sex, that was decided at conception. However, there are traits that I did not gain from conception, such as my shyness or diligent personality type. These can be attributed to personal experience, such as being made fun of as a child, or always being encouraged by parents to care about my
Firstly, nature is the unchangeable. It is the elements of us that we are born with and sets us up for a certain path in life. A person’s genetic makeup, from a biological standpoint, defines everything about that person. These are the elements we cannot change about ourselves, such as having a certain hair or eye color.
Nurture on the other hand, is the environment a person grows up in. This environment is full of social influences brought upon us such as education, culture, gender norms, and relationships. An example of nurture having an effect on someone’s traits would be someone developing an athletic trait after being encouraged by family to participate in sports.
The issue of people inheriting their character from genetics or …show more content…
I am the only version of myself, as there is no one with the same genetic makeup as me. My experience with nurture is affected by what traits I was given at conception. I was born female, and I have gone through life with the gendered norm for my sex. This is an example of how nature has impacted me, however because of my environment, my views on being a woman are widely different than if I were a man trying to relate to the life of a woman. I will never be able to truly understand how a man goes about life as society treats men and women differently because of preconceived gender roles. There are major elements of me, like my sex, that was decided at conception. However, there are traits that I did not gain from conception, such as my shyness or diligent personality type. These can be attributed to personal experience, such as being made fun of as a child, or always being encouraged by parents to care about my