Nature Vs. Nurture In Psychology

The debate between nature and nurture in psychology is over the concept of what we are the outcome of. Do we become who we are, and how we think by pure genetics, or by our experiences throughout our life. Nature is more of a biology outlook on things. It focuses on genetics, and hormones for explanations on our behaviors. While on the other end of the spectrum we have Nurture which is we behave because of what we have learned from our environment. Two siblings would be one of the best ways to compare the two theories. My sister is four years younger than I am, and yet everyone either mistakes us for twins, or even for her being the oldest. We come from the same two biological parents, and share a lot of the same genetic make up. We have …show more content…
This can end up causing the two children to have different experiences to the same problem at times. I see multiple changes in the way from how my parents raised me to how they raised Emiley. I am more open to trying new foods, while my sister won’t even consider tasting anything new. This is because when I was younger my parents would make me a plate and if I complained about the food on my plate, before trying it they would make sure I ate it all. If I didn’t eat it by bed time then it would be in the fridge ready for me in the morning. This was not a method used for my sister, which is what causes her to be less open to trying not only new foods, but new experiences as …show more content…
I had never seen either of them show any emotion other than being joyful, until after my sister was born. They then started working on being more expressive about how they are feeling. This is one of the reasons that my sister is so in tune to her feelings. She has no issue at all expressing them, or explaining them to others. I am unable to explain, or even express my feelings to others. We ended up having completely different childhoods because my parents learned so much about the approaches they were taking on me and used them as different learning opportunities for themselves in order to teach my sister. Nature does take a part in someone becoming who they are when it comes to purely physical aspects such as eye and hair color. This is why people can so easily confuse my sister and I. However, when it comes to how your brain thinks, and your personality that is mainly nurture. It is your experiences, how you were raised, people you have known and taken advice from, and the things you have learned through trial and error that make you who you are, and how you respond and act. Which is where my sister and I become two completely different