The nature vs nurture theory is a theory that distinguishes between two features that influence an individual’s characteristics or the kind of person they are. Nature refers to the features that you get from your parents genetics or because they are hereditary. There is no control over the features received from nature. On the other nurture is the complete opposite. Nurture focuses on how much your experiences and environment shape who you are. An example of nature in my case would be my hair color genes that I received from my parents. My hair color of both of my parents are black and the hair color of my grandparents are black, therefor my hair color is black because I inherited their genes. Another example would be my height, my father is
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Originally born in Haiti, where the sun is always out and there is an average temperature of 95 degrees my skin became much darker to protect from the rays. When I left when I was younger and came to New York, where there are four seasons and less sun, my skin lightened up a little bit. Once I visited Haiti again during the summer, my skin again darkened. Another example would be my intellect of the human body. In my previous school, I struggled with anatomy because my environment was distracting and did not have professors who were supportive. However, once I transferred to SUNY Cortland where the faculty is very supportive and resourceful, I became an expert in my …show more content…
This force has the largest number of factors because it includes so many different variables ranging from parents, siblings, friends, school, coworkers, all the way to television. Since there are so many factors there are also many possibilities for positive and negative impacts on development. One positive impact language, a variable, could have is that it could change the way the individual views the world. Me, for example, I come from a Haitian background and speak creole while growing up in New York and speaking English. I am able to better understand cultures and process information faster as a result of learning two languages. At the same time this could have a negative affect because many people are unable to deal with speaking one language at home and another at school, resulting in the person having difficulty with both. In addition to that the Life cycle forces show the differences in how the same event affects people of different ages. This can very much affect development because a young person will not have the same reaction as an older person. For example, my older sister who’s 26, with two lost her job recently and was in a state of panic because she did not know how she was going to provide for her family whereas me a 21 year old college student who lives with their parents could care less about losing their current retail
Originally born in Haiti, where the sun is always out and there is an average temperature of 95 degrees my skin became much darker to protect from the rays. When I left when I was younger and came to New York, where there are four seasons and less sun, my skin lightened up a little bit. Once I visited Haiti again during the summer, my skin again darkened. Another example would be my intellect of the human body. In my previous school, I struggled with anatomy because my environment was distracting and did not have professors who were supportive. However, once I transferred to SUNY Cortland where the faculty is very supportive and resourceful, I became an expert in my …show more content…
This force has the largest number of factors because it includes so many different variables ranging from parents, siblings, friends, school, coworkers, all the way to television. Since there are so many factors there are also many possibilities for positive and negative impacts on development. One positive impact language, a variable, could have is that it could change the way the individual views the world. Me, for example, I come from a Haitian background and speak creole while growing up in New York and speaking English. I am able to better understand cultures and process information faster as a result of learning two languages. At the same time this could have a negative affect because many people are unable to deal with speaking one language at home and another at school, resulting in the person having difficulty with both. In addition to that the Life cycle forces show the differences in how the same event affects people of different ages. This can very much affect development because a young person will not have the same reaction as an older person. For example, my older sister who’s 26, with two lost her job recently and was in a state of panic because she did not know how she was going to provide for her family whereas me a 21 year old college student who lives with their parents could care less about losing their current retail