Genetics are the backbone of how a human being interacts and develops socially. Unfortunately, not every human is born with a complete set of working genes. A genetic disorder, such as a conduct disorders or autism, causes a person to struggle behaviorally and socially. These struggles can profoundly affect a person’s ability to develop mentally. The nature vs nurture debate can be applied to genetic disorders not only because these disorders are caused by genetics (nature) but also because they can cause a negative social environment for the suffer (nurture). The treatment, or lack thereof, a person receives for his or her disorder profoundly affects the quality of life these people will have in the future. Studies on genetic disorders give
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497). In the past couple decades, in spite of the numerous experiments on the cause of Autism the cause is still largely unknown. Albeit, the large correlation of autism suffers and offspring heritability, with a sixty to ninety percent chance of heritability, strongly indicates genetic influence. The conceptual model goes beyond the debate of whether autism is environmental or genetic and focuses on how genes and environment affect social development of individuals with autism. When pertaining to genetics, the model labels how the individual genetic influences of behavior are likely to depend on an individual’s developmental stage. Even so, regardless of the developmental time genetics are shown to play a significant role (Meek, Lemery-Chalfant, Jahromi, & Valiente, 2013, p. 503). The developmental delays in language impairments, shown in study referenced in the article, implies that while genetics has a role in language development it is more likely that intervention exposure and socioeconomic status play a greater role (Meek, Lemery-Chalfant, Jahromi, & Valiente, 2013, p. 508). When referring to environmental influences, in this model, these are the chosen environment the suffer places themselves into, such as clubs, and friendships. (Meek, Lemery-Chalfant, Jahromi, & Valiente, 2013, p. 503) These paths may demonstration how behaviors such as “low social attention, initiation of joint attention, or social interactions,” will influence the environment suffers will place themselves in (Meek, Lemery-Chalfant, Jahromi, & Valiente, 2013, p. 504). In the study illustrated by this article, if joint
497). In the past couple decades, in spite of the numerous experiments on the cause of Autism the cause is still largely unknown. Albeit, the large correlation of autism suffers and offspring heritability, with a sixty to ninety percent chance of heritability, strongly indicates genetic influence. The conceptual model goes beyond the debate of whether autism is environmental or genetic and focuses on how genes and environment affect social development of individuals with autism. When pertaining to genetics, the model labels how the individual genetic influences of behavior are likely to depend on an individual’s developmental stage. Even so, regardless of the developmental time genetics are shown to play a significant role (Meek, Lemery-Chalfant, Jahromi, & Valiente, 2013, p. 503). The developmental delays in language impairments, shown in study referenced in the article, implies that while genetics has a role in language development it is more likely that intervention exposure and socioeconomic status play a greater role (Meek, Lemery-Chalfant, Jahromi, & Valiente, 2013, p. 508). When referring to environmental influences, in this model, these are the chosen environment the suffer places themselves into, such as clubs, and friendships. (Meek, Lemery-Chalfant, Jahromi, & Valiente, 2013, p. 503) These paths may demonstration how behaviors such as “low social attention, initiation of joint attention, or social interactions,” will influence the environment suffers will place themselves in (Meek, Lemery-Chalfant, Jahromi, & Valiente, 2013, p. 504). In the study illustrated by this article, if joint