Behavioural sciences

In an attempt to understand human development process many psychologists for centuries have come up with different development theories and one of them is nature vs nurture. It is the most debated and complex theory in the study of human development. Those who are strong supporters of the nature believe that gene and heredity factors play a predominant role in determining who we are—from our physical appearance to behavioral traits. They emphasize the influence of heredity, universal maturational processes guided by the genes, biologically based or innate predisposition produced by evolution, and biological influence such as hormones and neurotransmitter(cite) to understand the process of human development(cite). On the other hand, those who strongly believe in nurture emphasize environment—influence outside the person and learning—the process through which experience bring about relatively permanent changes in thoughts, feelings or behavior (cite). They argue that human personality is exclusively the result of childhood experience, how they were raised, their social relationship and surrounding culture. However, now many researchers have come up with the idea that it’s not either nature (heredity) or nurture (environment) that plays dominant role in the human behavior but it’s actually the interaction between both of them which shapes human personality. I also agree that it’s not nature or nurture but nature and nurture which make us what we are. I and my sister, who is…

The debate of nature versus nurture has been ongoing for quite some time. Which one influences us more? Is it nature? This provides our genotype, or our genetic code. Or is it nurture? This is our environmental influences in the origins of behavior and mental processes (Rathus 56). Both of these contribute to who we are, but which one impacts us the most? This is what psychologists have been trying to determine for years. Sure, nature plays the role of determining what we look like physically,…

A behavioural approach assumes that behaviour should be viewed as a science based on prediction, control and observation of external events should be used as measurement. During the 1920s John Watson’s methodological views on behaviour departed from the philosophical perspective of consciousness and introspection (Owen, 2002). He held that its “goal is the prediction and control of behaviour” (Watson, 1913, 158). Watson began to develop a conditioned reflex which involved “the attachment and…

who had miner or no symptoms coming to the end of their treatment and had no depressive disorder relapse. However, rates of major depressive relapse were 36% for CBT, 33% for Interpersonal Therapy, 50% for imipramine Plus and 33% for Placebo Plus. These percentages clearly highlight that 16 weeks for treatment is unsatisfactory for patients to fully neither recover nor remain recovered. This study exposes the time restraint with treatment and shows that, in most cases, more time is needed.…

the sustainability of foods, whilst others argue that changing the natural DNA of plants and animals can have a negative long term impact on the world) (Ronald Ross Watson, 2015) Recreational fishing is one such topic which is causing a wide upheaval among the scientific community. Before any discussion is made, a good questions is, “What is a controversy”, and, “Why is science so controversial”. Simply put, a controversy is a ‘debate’, ‘dispute’ or ‘disagreement about something to do with…

“100th Monkey Syndrome” is also well known as an amusing anecdote in Japan. But for assignment 3, I’ve started some research for this phenomenon because there are many information show strong objection or repugnance other than "Lifetide" and “Hundredth Monkey” which tells different facts to a certain extent in Japan. “Lifetide” by Lyall Watson (behavioural science), he advocated that 100th monkey syndrome is paranormal phenomena. “Hundredth Monkey” by Ken Keyes Jr. (American personal growth…

One states that a fact is a reasoned idea, which contains multiple evidence for its existence. A theory is a dynamic, and official statement of guidelines upon a subject, and based off of ideas which explain the premise. The argument of “ facts are need to establish theories but theories are needed to make sense of facts” can be supported by the areas of knowledge in Social Sciences, Psychology, as well as in Natural Science, Biology. Both of these areas correlate in studying humans to the…

Can you name critical points in your life that have changed it dramatically? What about critical points in the world’s history? The concept of a critical point is something that can be seen in various sciences. Critical point is a moment when something radically changes its state or direction. For example, in physics, there are critical points when water changes its state – once it falls below 0 Celsius, it becomes an ice, and once it rises above 100 Celsius, it becomes a gas. An example of the…

the ancient knowledge they had been taught for so many years. What they were being to understand now about their world was more mathematical and materialist, not everything was being related back to the church. The new world science was described as materialist because they didn’t think of the planets as being some magical thing, they thought of it as made up of matter just like every other thing they had discovered in the universe The spreading of the new science took on so fast, scientist…

As shown in William Golding 's Lord of the Flies, human beings ' desire to satisfy their physical needs tend to dominate their ability to think rationally. In the novel, Golding uses the way human nature works to show how easily society can fall apart and how that can affect the people in the community. He makes sure that the theme of a twisted and corrupt nature is the underlying drive of the story. He writes characters such as Jack, Roger and Ralph with this is mind. Throughout the novel, he…