Psychologists seek to understand the relation of nature and nurture in terms of the individual's development, comparing the two.This debate arises the factor of personality , being does personality rely on nature in terms of genetic inheritance or the opposing argument being that personality is influenced by external factors. Identifying one's unique psychological structure in terms of personality will be aided further under the terms of nature and nurture through various psychological theories and explored through the documentary text ‘The Up Series’.
Originating from a privileged socio-economic background the example of Suzy from the Up series presents the relationship between nature and nurture in terms of personality. By nature, the assumption is that Suzy comes from a promising,successful, enduring family based off their class. Which …show more content…
As previously mentioned, Erikson’s psychosocial stages explores the issues the individual encounters through each stage of life. Despite the excessive knowledge of Symons’s early childhood, the first psychosocial stage trust versus mistrust aids to explain Symons lack of trust in terms of establishing solid relationships. Which is seen during age 42 when it is revealed that Simon had divorced his wife and remarried. Furthermore, the theory of nature also provides an explanation towards Symons personality. As heavily studied through twins, “heredity appear to be responsible for about 25 to 50 per cent of the variation in many personality traits “ ( Jang & Livesley,1998;Loehlin et al,1998 ). Genetics were proven to be most influential on an individual's sense of self-control,ability to restain and persist. Symon described himself as “ a lazy sod,who didn’t have any desire to try hard “ (Symon,1998). Showing the perhaps due to the factor of nature, shaped his personality in terms of self-control,ability to restain and
Originating from a privileged socio-economic background the example of Suzy from the Up series presents the relationship between nature and nurture in terms of personality. By nature, the assumption is that Suzy comes from a promising,successful, enduring family based off their class. Which …show more content…
As previously mentioned, Erikson’s psychosocial stages explores the issues the individual encounters through each stage of life. Despite the excessive knowledge of Symons’s early childhood, the first psychosocial stage trust versus mistrust aids to explain Symons lack of trust in terms of establishing solid relationships. Which is seen during age 42 when it is revealed that Simon had divorced his wife and remarried. Furthermore, the theory of nature also provides an explanation towards Symons personality. As heavily studied through twins, “heredity appear to be responsible for about 25 to 50 per cent of the variation in many personality traits “ ( Jang & Livesley,1998;Loehlin et al,1998 ). Genetics were proven to be most influential on an individual's sense of self-control,ability to restain and persist. Symon described himself as “ a lazy sod,who didn’t have any desire to try hard “ (Symon,1998). Showing the perhaps due to the factor of nature, shaped his personality in terms of self-control,ability to restain and