Nature Vs Nurture Debate Essay

We are born with a tabulosa canvas, waiting to be taught and molded into the engineers, doctors, teachers of tomorrow. Circumstances of life take a toll on wether our outcome will be nature or nurture. It can be nature through our genes or through an infection that my aunt may have had. It can also be nurture from the environment, or Judy being exposed to the toxins, pollution in the air due to the house being fumagated. Today Judy is autistic, due to her mother genes or the environment. She…

According to Locke, knowledge is acquired after birth while in contact with nature; therefore cognition is acquired through experience via different means such as, observation, initiation, perception, and nature-nurture. Well Jimmie, I believe in your opinion as being against the “Blank Slate” since some behaviors and characteristics that individuals portray are genetic, they are inherited from someone…

Based on our reading of chapter 1, I would agree that antisocial behavior is rooted as a biological basis. Biological factors are strongly rooted into the brain of the individual suffering from antisocial behavior. However, social factors also play a role. It is very different for someone to suffer from antisocial behavior compared to someone feeling “antisocial”. The difference between the two is dependent upon their biological versus social basis. I strongly believe that people are born with…

From watching this Crash Course video, I learned many things about motivation. One topic that was discussed in the video was Aron Ralston. Ralston was out climbing in Utah's Bluejohn Canyon when a giant rock shifted under his feet, and he fell, pinning his right arm to the canyon wall. There was no one around to help Ralston, and for five days Ralston attempted to escape by chipping away at the rock. He was forced to ration his food supply and had to endure serious hallucinations. As he was a…

living things a product of nature or nurture? White Fang is a product of nurture due to many reasons. If he was a product of nature, he would have remained true to his heritage and stayed wild. From the beginning of his life, he was nurtured into an evil soul. The cause of this is from the puppies around him and his first owner. Of course, he was not born like that; he was born an innocent puppy whose only purpose was to learn. Soon he learned to obey the law of man and nature, he also learned…

Environments can shape things like our behavior or our personality. Nature refers to what you inherit from your parents or your genes. Nurture refers to the environment influences. In the 1950’s, homosexuality was actually considered a mental illness. Finally, after a lot of psychological tests, in 1975 homosexuality was no longer a mental illness. Richard Pilliard’s research discovered that homosexuality is nature, not nurture. “Among the most notable were a series of studies Pillard and J.…

a scale from nature to nurture and all have a different concept on what affects people to do the actions they do and have the thoughts that they have. The book quoted that the Psychoanalytic theory of personality focuses on the idea that our lives are governed by unconscious ideas and impulses that originate in childhood conflicts. (Rathus Textbook Page 8) I believe that this would mean if a child grew up in an abusive home, that he/she would most likely grow up to be more…

Nature verses Nurture is a prominent debate with regards to a human’s behavior or personality. Nature is our genetic inheritance or biological factors, whereas, nurture is our acquired external factors (e.g. exposure and experience). However, I would agree that genetic and environment influences play a dual role in our personality and behavior. Current research in psychopathology with twins has shown that genetic influences account for the largest proportion, followed by unique environmental…

borne bad sons” (1.2.119). In regards to nature versus nurture in The Tempest, this quote shows that there is a preference for nature as even the best conditions can still form wicked people. Nature is how a person’s underlying personality determines their behaviour, while nurture is how the environment in which a person is raised impacts their behaviour. The concept of the two applies to the play. A storm that Prospero conjures brings forth the contrasting natures of characters that have been…

Many people have studied nature v. nurture over the years, both in the world of criminology and outside of it. Criminology is the study on psychology, economics, biology, statistics, and other factors to explain criminal behavior. Why are we the way we are? What makes you an extrovert or an introvert? Intelligent or unintelligent? A criminal or a law-abiding citizen? This debate is one that has been going on for centuries and will continue to be researched and studied for more. Unfortunately,…