Nature Vs Nurture Research Paper

Twins that have been separated since infancy are a great example of how nature plays the largest role in our life versus nurture. Don’t get me wrong, nurture is very important, but genetics play a larger role, more so than people would expect. Nature is genetics. It’s the makeup of who we are before the world puts its imprint on us. Nurture is the environment around us. Environment can change dramatically from time to time, but our genetic makeup will never change what and who we are. This paper will cover three main components. Nature, nurture, how physical development tie into both while researching twins that have been separated since infancy. Nature is all about genetics. Nature is what we call physical features, like your eye color, height, and natural hair …show more content…
This includes the use of conditioning in order to induce a new behavior to a child, or alter an unlikely behavior being shown by the child. According to John Watson, one of the strongest psychologists who propose environmental learning as a dominating side in the nature versus nurture debate once said that he can be able to train a baby randomly chosen in a group of 12 infants, to become any type of specialist Watson wants. He stated that he could train him to be such regardless of the child's potentialities, talents and race. Although it is true that fraternal twins raised apart have remarkable similarities in most respects, still the intervention of the environment have caused several differences in the way they behave. In the end, we are still left with the confusing question: Are we born this way, or do we behave according to our life experiences? The nature versus nurture debate goes on and on, but still, it is a fact that we have traits that are predetermined by our genes, but we can still choose who we want to be as we travel through our