The debate of nature versus nurture is ongoing. Is it the issue of the degree to which inherited traits or life experiences influence one's personality or behavior? The question arises as to if it is concerned with the relative contribution that both influences make up for human behavior. Think about it, born into this world with no ideas or preferences, to begin with, one grows the development of a personal identity that is later revealed. The modern debate often centers around the effect genes have on human personalities as opposed to the early influences of the environment and development. With many speculations, does personality attributes, mental abilities, and behavioral tendencies have a connection to biology as a determinant to what
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Is there a biological reason why girls tend to like dolls, makeup, and princesses? Is there a biological reason that boys tend to like camo, cars, and guns? If genetics shape our personality and our characteristics are solely inborn, then adaptive learning would not occur. The reading from class, Born this way, covered a study on the explanation of genders favorite colors, girls to pink and boys to blue. Nurture occurs because a baby is not born knowing their favorite color, and they do not inherit their favorite color, rather it is introduced by caregivers and empathizers. Listed in Resisting Gender Violence, rape is an example that ponders with this debate. I do not agree that an individual is born a criminal or rapist; therefore, nature does not play its role. On page 553, “men are not driven by uncontrollable biological urges, and it is insulting to men to assume that this is how they behave”. A rapist can be either male or female. Environmental factors such as parenting, abuse, discrimination, poverty account for the half of nurture. My family has a recent background of depression, but that does not make me have the urge to construct a crime or rape someone. Lastly, the social construction of the body frolics with the factors of being either genetic or environment. Genetics influences certain characteristics, such as height, weight, hair type. Does a person keep their body the same …show more content…
What it boils down to is that nature has some profound impact on the development of a child; however, it is the element of nurture which determines the level of growth and most important development. Is there one answer that is correct than the other? The debate
Is there a biological reason why girls tend to like dolls, makeup, and princesses? Is there a biological reason that boys tend to like camo, cars, and guns? If genetics shape our personality and our characteristics are solely inborn, then adaptive learning would not occur. The reading from class, Born this way, covered a study on the explanation of genders favorite colors, girls to pink and boys to blue. Nurture occurs because a baby is not born knowing their favorite color, and they do not inherit their favorite color, rather it is introduced by caregivers and empathizers. Listed in Resisting Gender Violence, rape is an example that ponders with this debate. I do not agree that an individual is born a criminal or rapist; therefore, nature does not play its role. On page 553, “men are not driven by uncontrollable biological urges, and it is insulting to men to assume that this is how they behave”. A rapist can be either male or female. Environmental factors such as parenting, abuse, discrimination, poverty account for the half of nurture. My family has a recent background of depression, but that does not make me have the urge to construct a crime or rape someone. Lastly, the social construction of the body frolics with the factors of being either genetic or environment. Genetics influences certain characteristics, such as height, weight, hair type. Does a person keep their body the same …show more content…
What it boils down to is that nature has some profound impact on the development of a child; however, it is the element of nurture which determines the level of growth and most important development. Is there one answer that is correct than the other? The debate