Discussion 1.4: Nature and Nurture
Infants are born into the world with certain skills to survive in their environment; for example, new born babies have different cries for diverse needs. However, when infants are deprived of experiences needed to learn to adapt to their surroundings there can be terrible consequences (Science of Babies, 2007). But, when babies have an appropriate nurture and natured environment to thrive in, the outcome of survival changes.
In the video, Science of Babies (2007), Dillion Norwood, required surgery when he was an infant to prevent the active side of his brain to stay healthy. For this to happen, doctors had to perform a hemispherectomy, leaving Dillion with only the brains left hemisphere. Nature would play …show more content…
Infants who do not have a stimulating environment tend to have developmental delays (Dietze & Kashin, 2016). Surprising, Dillion was academically successful for only having half of a brain; however, this could be the result of Dillion’s parents providing him with experience-expectant growth, such as reading, talking, or playing games with him. A stimulating environment that supports children’s brain development will aid in the success of a child. However, when children are deprived from such an environment children’s growth will be diminished. One study showed animals who were isolated displayed a lower number of connections in the brain (Sale, Berardi, & Maffei, 2009, as cited in Berk & Meyer, 2018). Science of Babies (2007) shows us when connections are made properly by nature and nurtured environments the outcome of the infant’s development will be greater. These factors will contribute to the new adjustments the infant must make to survive in the world. When nature and nurture work together they provide the best possible outcome for the infant’s development; however, when one component is missing, this could cause negative effects on the developmental growth of the
Infants are born into the world with certain skills to survive in their environment; for example, new born babies have different cries for diverse needs. However, when infants are deprived of experiences needed to learn to adapt to their surroundings there can be terrible consequences (Science of Babies, 2007). But, when babies have an appropriate nurture and natured environment to thrive in, the outcome of survival changes.
In the video, Science of Babies (2007), Dillion Norwood, required surgery when he was an infant to prevent the active side of his brain to stay healthy. For this to happen, doctors had to perform a hemispherectomy, leaving Dillion with only the brains left hemisphere. Nature would play …show more content…
Infants who do not have a stimulating environment tend to have developmental delays (Dietze & Kashin, 2016). Surprising, Dillion was academically successful for only having half of a brain; however, this could be the result of Dillion’s parents providing him with experience-expectant growth, such as reading, talking, or playing games with him. A stimulating environment that supports children’s brain development will aid in the success of a child. However, when children are deprived from such an environment children’s growth will be diminished. One study showed animals who were isolated displayed a lower number of connections in the brain (Sale, Berardi, & Maffei, 2009, as cited in Berk & Meyer, 2018). Science of Babies (2007) shows us when connections are made properly by nature and nurtured environments the outcome of the infant’s development will be greater. These factors will contribute to the new adjustments the infant must make to survive in the world. When nature and nurture work together they provide the best possible outcome for the infant’s development; however, when one component is missing, this could cause negative effects on the developmental growth of the