The age-old debate of nature v. nurture has brought great debate for years. One side of the argument suggests people are genetically wired to develop a certain way. The other side argues that people are a product of their environment. With this debate in mind, the nurture argument is more prevalent when it comes to explaining the cultural, behavioral, and social development of a person. With saying that, I will relate the nurture argument to my own personal life and discuss how both sides of the argument are relevant in understanding the development of people. According to Santrock, “The nature-nurture issue involves the extent to which development is influenced by nature and by nurture. Nature refers to an organism’s biological inheritance,
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This is the case if we are assuming that all individuals are able bodied. If infants are born with some sort of disability, I would argue that is due to the nature side of the argument. Often time if this is the case, it has something to do with the biological make-up of the infant’s mother or father. For example, if we take a look at my parents it is easy to see how their biologic make-up has affected me, but I am ultimately my own person and am very dissimilar to them. My mother and father both had a rough childhood. My mother’s father passed away when she was 12 and my father’s dad left him when he was a young boy. Growing up, they lived troublesome childhoods and barely finished high school, seeing as my mother was pregnant with me while still in school. Once they graduated they never pursued any higher education, but always vouched to give their children the child hood they never had. Despite struggling to make ends meet, 22 years later they are still married and have 3 children. Growing up I saw how much my parents struggled and new I did not want that for myself. Throughout high school I played many sports and participated in multiple clubs/organizations. As soon as I graduated I started to pursue my bachelor’s degree. I believe that my social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development was largely influenced by
This is the case if we are assuming that all individuals are able bodied. If infants are born with some sort of disability, I would argue that is due to the nature side of the argument. Often time if this is the case, it has something to do with the biological make-up of the infant’s mother or father. For example, if we take a look at my parents it is easy to see how their biologic make-up has affected me, but I am ultimately my own person and am very dissimilar to them. My mother and father both had a rough childhood. My mother’s father passed away when she was 12 and my father’s dad left him when he was a young boy. Growing up, they lived troublesome childhoods and barely finished high school, seeing as my mother was pregnant with me while still in school. Once they graduated they never pursued any higher education, but always vouched to give their children the child hood they never had. Despite struggling to make ends meet, 22 years later they are still married and have 3 children. Growing up I saw how much my parents struggled and new I did not want that for myself. Throughout high school I played many sports and participated in multiple clubs/organizations. As soon as I graduated I started to pursue my bachelor’s degree. I believe that my social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development was largely influenced by