The nature versus nurture debate has always been big in understanding why people turn out to be the way they are. The nature aspect has to do with the biological make-up of a person while the nurture aspect has to do with the environment in which the person is raised. However, nature may be the product of inherited genes, human development is influenced and based upon nurture and by the quality of one’s external environment. Nature may be what creates the way we are physically but nurture shapes who we are as an individuals. In this paper I will explain both sides and my own personal opinion and experiences.
Have you ever asked yourself why you act the way you do, why you excel in certain areas but lack in another? For years many psychologists have debated whether it is your surroundings that affect your personality or genetics. It’s common knowledge and has been known that many physical characteristics are inherited from your parents. Such as eye and hair color, skin pigmentation, diseases, but what …show more content…
I believe that your childhood upbringing, experiences, surroundings and culture are the only things that determine how we are as individuals. According to Saul McLeod, author of "Nature Nurture in Psychology" from Simply Psychology, “At the other end of the spectrum are the environmentalists – also known as empiricists (not to be confused with the other empirical / scientific approach). Their basic assumption is that at birth the human mind is a tabula rasa (a blank slate) and that this is gradually “filled” as a result of experience (e.g. behaviorism).” In the article Nature Vs. Nurture Debate from GoodTherapy, it states that there are certain genetic factors may be inherited which affect our mental health negatively, but there’s a 50/50 chance with that, primarily it solely depends on how you are raised and in what environment you are raised in that triggers mental
Have you ever asked yourself why you act the way you do, why you excel in certain areas but lack in another? For years many psychologists have debated whether it is your surroundings that affect your personality or genetics. It’s common knowledge and has been known that many physical characteristics are inherited from your parents. Such as eye and hair color, skin pigmentation, diseases, but what …show more content…
I believe that your childhood upbringing, experiences, surroundings and culture are the only things that determine how we are as individuals. According to Saul McLeod, author of "Nature Nurture in Psychology" from Simply Psychology, “At the other end of the spectrum are the environmentalists – also known as empiricists (not to be confused with the other empirical / scientific approach). Their basic assumption is that at birth the human mind is a tabula rasa (a blank slate) and that this is gradually “filled” as a result of experience (e.g. behaviorism).” In the article Nature Vs. Nurture Debate from GoodTherapy, it states that there are certain genetic factors may be inherited which affect our mental health negatively, but there’s a 50/50 chance with that, primarily it solely depends on how you are raised and in what environment you are raised in that triggers mental