One of the oldest arguments is the nature versus nurture debate. Each of these sides have good points that it's hard to decide whether a person's development is predisposed in his DNA, or a majority of it is influenced by his life experiences and his environment.
The nature versus nurture argument is also known as biological and environmental factors on development. The way in which a child develops and the success they have can be linked to biological factors in the same way in which we know certain physical attributes such as hair and eye colour come from genetic factors passed on by a child’s parents. In theory characteristics such as intelligence, personality, aggression etc. are encoded in a child’s DNA. Whilst there is some evidence …show more content…
It is a child’s upbringing which influences their development and chances of success. The way that children are treated and the chances they are given in life will give rise to the development that is string and ensure children get the best chances to achieve.
Biological factors are primarily the child’s physical development and genetic factors such as disabilities, parents characteristic and attributes. Biological factors that can affect the development of a child include general health conditions, nutrition, exercise and good hygiene practices.
Biological factors can affect the growth and development of a child prior to birth including the condition of the mother’s health along with other factors as to whether the mother smokes or drinks alcohol etc. Nutrition of the mother plays a big part with regard to growth and development of a child including the taking of folic acid and other vitamins to avoid conditions such as Neural tube defect.
Parent’s …show more content…
The difference being that a genetic cause is when a faulty gene leads to a disabling condition as opposed to a developmental cause which is when something goes wrong when the foetus is growing in the womb.
Genetic disorders are caused by changes in the structure or number of chromosomes or in the DNA which may lead to a disabling condition.
A parent with a dominant gene defect has a 50% change of passing the defect on to each of their children. Dominant gene defects are:-
• Tuberous sclerosis (a disorder affecting the skin and nervous system)
• Achondroplasia (dwarfism)
• Huntington’s chorea (a disorder of the central nervous system)
If both parents carry a single recessive gene defect children have a 35% chance of being affected. Recess gene defects are:-
• Cystic fibrosis (a genetic condition in which the lungs and digestive system become clogged with think sticky
The nature versus nurture argument is also known as biological and environmental factors on development. The way in which a child develops and the success they have can be linked to biological factors in the same way in which we know certain physical attributes such as hair and eye colour come from genetic factors passed on by a child’s parents. In theory characteristics such as intelligence, personality, aggression etc. are encoded in a child’s DNA. Whilst there is some evidence …show more content…
It is a child’s upbringing which influences their development and chances of success. The way that children are treated and the chances they are given in life will give rise to the development that is string and ensure children get the best chances to achieve.
Biological factors are primarily the child’s physical development and genetic factors such as disabilities, parents characteristic and attributes. Biological factors that can affect the development of a child include general health conditions, nutrition, exercise and good hygiene practices.
Biological factors can affect the growth and development of a child prior to birth including the condition of the mother’s health along with other factors as to whether the mother smokes or drinks alcohol etc. Nutrition of the mother plays a big part with regard to growth and development of a child including the taking of folic acid and other vitamins to avoid conditions such as Neural tube defect.
Parent’s …show more content…
The difference being that a genetic cause is when a faulty gene leads to a disabling condition as opposed to a developmental cause which is when something goes wrong when the foetus is growing in the womb.
Genetic disorders are caused by changes in the structure or number of chromosomes or in the DNA which may lead to a disabling condition.
A parent with a dominant gene defect has a 50% change of passing the defect on to each of their children. Dominant gene defects are:-
• Tuberous sclerosis (a disorder affecting the skin and nervous system)
• Achondroplasia (dwarfism)
• Huntington’s chorea (a disorder of the central nervous system)
If both parents carry a single recessive gene defect children have a 35% chance of being affected. Recess gene defects are:-
• Cystic fibrosis (a genetic condition in which the lungs and digestive system become clogged with think sticky