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“A DEVIL, BORN DEVIL UPON WHOSE NATURE, NURTURE WILL NEVER STICK” THE TEMPEST (WILLIAM SHKESPARE) According to Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911), Nature is everything which a man brings with himself to the world while Nature is every influence that affects him after birth. The nature versus nurture debate has been a controversial issue and it can be traced to about 150years ago. In 300BC some philosophers questioned nature vs nurture in human behaviour. A Greek philosopher named Plato (428 BCE –…

DNA is the scientific way to identify oneself, it contains one’s personal roadmap set up for life. However, DNA is not set in stone, environmental factors can alter the gene expression of an individual, this phenomenon is known as epigenetics. Epigenetics is how chemical signals modify genes without changing the overall structure of the DNA sequence. The chemicals that are produced affect which genes are expressed due to environmental factors (Turner). A big factor in a person’s environment is…

There are various models that attempt to approach the explanations of abnormality these are the biomedical model, psychoanalytical, behaviourist and cognitive. Identification of the four psychological explanations of abnormality will be explained throughout this essay. Evaluation of the psychological explanations will also be included and a conclusion of research that has been found. Lawton, J (2009) said that the biological model believes that abnormalities are caused by biological processes…

Love is universal; everywhere a person goes someone is showing the signs of being in love. That being said, love is not always accepted by the masses of society. In many countries it is not legal for people to get married because who they choose to marry is ‘unorthodox,’ which, to those in power, makes it wrong. The United States only recently changed their laws to accept gay marriage. The subject in question is sexual orientation and whether it is a result of nature (physically-based) or…

According to Biederman and Faraone (2014), "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder runs in families. Studies of twins with the disorder document greater resemblance of monozygotic, or genetically identical twins, as compared with dizygotic twins, who share, on average, half their genes". A healthy human has 2 copies of each chromosome. People who suffer from certain disorders have extra chromosomes or not enough. When you…

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to determine if obesity in pregnant women leads to higher rates of obesity in their offspring. According to the World Health Organization, obesity should be treated as a world wide epidemic ( WHO). One in three Americans are obese and many more are overweight, or on the borderline of obesity. Public opinion of obesity has always been that is is simply due to lifestyle choices or poor diet and exercise; however, the World Health Organization believes…

McPherson, F., McGraw, L. (2013). Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder Using Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine, 19(5), 45-50. Fujo McPherson and Leigh McGraw used a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design study utilizing (CAM) or complementary and alternative medicine to investigate the effectiveness of a pilot program for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) patients after using self-care behavior methods. They particularly related this belief…

Genes are in all living things. They are coded instructions which decide how an organism will look and how that organism will function. Genes are made up of deoxyribonucleic acid which is DNA, they are a long, thread like molecule which contains the organism 's blueprint. DNA is found in the majority of cell. In animals and plants DNA are bundled together into chromosomes. In every cell of an organism is the entire DNA blueprint for that particular organism. The complete set of genes for an…

Introduction The human microbiota is a combination of many different microorganisms, many of which are bacteria. The microorganisms in the human microbiota are referred to as commensal flora. There are an estimated 100 trillion good bacteria in the human body.[7] Most of which are found in the gastro-intestinal tract although they also reside in the skin, the saliva and the mucosa. These bacteria are diverse; there are estimated to be >1000 species in the human gut alone.[7] Bacteria that…

Foundations of Anthropology Semester 2 2014 Major Essay Student ID: a1668201 Word Count: What role does nature or biology play in human behaviour? Male Homosexuality One of the earliest debates in psychology, nature versus nurture has been applied to almost every subject of human behaviour, and homosexuality is of course no exception. Whilst attitudes towards homosexuality have certainly shifted over time, there is still no firm scientific or academic consensus on what causes homosexuality in…