For my analysis paper, I have chosen to write about the long debated of the physiological topic of nature vs. nurture. In this physiological topic, I will be discussing whether human behavior is greatly influenced by biological factors or environmental factors. The belief that behavior is influenced by natural factors is the fact that nature is what we think of as pre-wiring and influence of genetic inheritance. The belief that behavior is influenced by nurturing is the fact that it is generally the influence of external factors after conception the product of exposure, experience and learning on an individual (Mcleod, 2007). This topic affects many people all over the United States by people changing their behaviors from good to bad or bad
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With that being said many speculate whether psychological characteristics like behavioral tendencies, personality attributes, and mental abilities that’s been weird into an individual before he or she was born (Mcleod, 2007). These types of characteristics are always shown at birth but later in the individuals adult life or teenage years. For example, when an infant form an attachment to its parents its responding to love and attention to which it is wired to respond to and forms an attachment to the parents (more than likely the mother). These nature characteristic examples are included in “Bowlby’s (1969) theory on attachment which views the bond between an infant and a mother as being an innate process that insure survival (Bowlby 1969). Another example is a teen who has inherited his or her family’s genetic illness of bipolar disorder. The disorder has been inherited from generation to generation and has now has been inherited by the teen and now has behavioral tendencies that varies from crying uncontrollably to being happy to have violent outburst to signs of depression and then cycles around again. These biological (nature) influences are something that can not all the time be fixed and can stick with an individual for the rest of their lives. According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, over 25 percent of individuals inherit their characteristics and behaviors biologically from their parents. While other individuals change their behaviors by learning and adapting to the environment they are surrounded
With that being said many speculate whether psychological characteristics like behavioral tendencies, personality attributes, and mental abilities that’s been weird into an individual before he or she was born (Mcleod, 2007). These types of characteristics are always shown at birth but later in the individuals adult life or teenage years. For example, when an infant form an attachment to its parents its responding to love and attention to which it is wired to respond to and forms an attachment to the parents (more than likely the mother). These nature characteristic examples are included in “Bowlby’s (1969) theory on attachment which views the bond between an infant and a mother as being an innate process that insure survival (Bowlby 1969). Another example is a teen who has inherited his or her family’s genetic illness of bipolar disorder. The disorder has been inherited from generation to generation and has now has been inherited by the teen and now has behavioral tendencies that varies from crying uncontrollably to being happy to have violent outburst to signs of depression and then cycles around again. These biological (nature) influences are something that can not all the time be fixed and can stick with an individual for the rest of their lives. According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, over 25 percent of individuals inherit their characteristics and behaviors biologically from their parents. While other individuals change their behaviors by learning and adapting to the environment they are surrounded