Nature Vs. Nature; why nurture should take most of the credit.
"The social psychology of this century reveals a major lesson: often it is not so much the kind of person a human is as the kind of situation in which he/ she finds themselves that determines how they will act". 1 This quote written by Stanley Milgram makes a great point in ways that nurture can play a more important way.in the "nature versus nurture" debate. Nevertheless, I feel It is a combo of both; nature and nurture play a vital role in shaping how one develops and behaves, I believe nurture takes the lead by a few percent, when deciding which plays a more vital role. There are three main reasons I feel that nurture is more vital. Evolution and climate changes, Socioeconmic situations (Parenting style and living standards, peers, associations/religion, societies standards …show more content…
Now revisiting the quote at the start of this paper, in my opinion, speaks loudly here. In a study ran by Elliot Tucker-Drob, PhD, and colleagues from the University of Texas at Austin concluded "growing up poor can supress a child's cognative potential, depite of genetics". 3 The results of fraternal and identical twins studies, concluded the same; "that genetic similarity was unrelated to similarities in cognitive ability. Instead, their environments determine their cognitive success". 3
As far as parenting goes; babies and children learn skills and behaviors, which isn't always a good thing, from intimdation, Research has shown links between "parental alcoholism, drug use, and verbal or physical abuse and the same destructive behavior cropping up in their children" [source: Stephens]. The ame was established with smolking cigarettes. The University of Washington's Seattle Social Development Project published in 2005 found that "Kids are twice as likely to pick up a tobacco habit if their parents smoked."
"The social psychology of this century reveals a major lesson: often it is not so much the kind of person a human is as the kind of situation in which he/ she finds themselves that determines how they will act". 1 This quote written by Stanley Milgram makes a great point in ways that nurture can play a more important way.in the "nature versus nurture" debate. Nevertheless, I feel It is a combo of both; nature and nurture play a vital role in shaping how one develops and behaves, I believe nurture takes the lead by a few percent, when deciding which plays a more vital role. There are three main reasons I feel that nurture is more vital. Evolution and climate changes, Socioeconmic situations (Parenting style and living standards, peers, associations/religion, societies standards …show more content…
Now revisiting the quote at the start of this paper, in my opinion, speaks loudly here. In a study ran by Elliot Tucker-Drob, PhD, and colleagues from the University of Texas at Austin concluded "growing up poor can supress a child's cognative potential, depite of genetics". 3 The results of fraternal and identical twins studies, concluded the same; "that genetic similarity was unrelated to similarities in cognitive ability. Instead, their environments determine their cognitive success". 3
As far as parenting goes; babies and children learn skills and behaviors, which isn't always a good thing, from intimdation, Research has shown links between "parental alcoholism, drug use, and verbal or physical abuse and the same destructive behavior cropping up in their children" [source: Stephens]. The ame was established with smolking cigarettes. The University of Washington's Seattle Social Development Project published in 2005 found that "Kids are twice as likely to pick up a tobacco habit if their parents smoked."