Nature versus nurture

of the greatest debates in psychology is the debate of nature versus nurture. This debate is concerned with behavior being inherited (i.e genetic) or acquired (i.e. learned) characteristics. Many scientists believe that damage to the areas of the brain, like the frontal lobes or the limbic system, may be the cause of killing sprees. While others consider a profile of their past physical and mental abuse while growing up. The nature vs. nurture debate can be so difficult to determine because…

There are countless on-going debates about the subject nature versus nurture; do genes cause our behaviour; or is it shaped by environmental factors. When considering eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, the balance between nature and nurture is what can cause these problems. An eating disorder associates a person’s eating behaviors; attitudes towards weight, food, and the way an individual views their body shape; and many other psychological aspects. (Benblatt, 2015) It is usually an…

simple as one person is an all around bad or good person. They have discovered that personality is determined by two things: genes and environment, also known as nature and nurture. Nature refers to all of the genes and hereditary factors that influence who we are, from our physical appearance to our personality characteristics. Nurture…

go hand in hand. I know kids that grew up in fantastic homes that have turned out to do bad things, and I know kids that had very little growing up as a far support and have still done quite well as a person. I will say that nurture generally will have an advantage to nature when it comes to determining the success of an individual. People that are born in poverty are generally going to stay in the lower to middle class and someone who is born into a rich family will generally stay wealthy…

warns his master that if his wishes are not complied with then he will "gut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends." The creation of the wretch by Frankenstein also alludes to the age old debate of nature versus nurture. The wretch is like a clean slate, the creator built him without giving him…

For my Comparative Literature assignment, I will be comparing Jack London’s Call of the Wild and Leo Tolstoy’s “Master and Man”. One of the central themes of Call of the Wild is nature vs. nurture, which is demonstrated through the main character Buck and his regression into an almost feral state. A central theme for “Master and Man” is human foibles, shown through Vasili’s overall character flaws and treatment of Nikita. While each story has their own central theme, they also share a…

society, does this make them different compared to animals? Pushed to the limits, is when aggression becomes exposed. Although our instinct has become desensitise as we become more civilized it doesn’t wipe away what it is at our subconscious. In nature, animals pushed to the limits respond in two ways, fight or flight. Given a certain amount of space at which the predator…

Does an ‘evil gene’ actually exist? It is difficult to say because genetics are only half of the nature versus nurture debate when it comes to human fallibility. It is common to wonder whether one’s error-prone actions are a result of his hard-wired genes or his environment as he grew up. When a baby is born, one wouldn’t say that they he has an evil predisposition, but that he is innocent and ‘good’. So, how does the innocent newborn become evil? The concepts of rejection, the quest for…

aspects of personality are linked to genes and have a biological basis, but it has allows been hard to separate biological basis of behavior from an environmental basis of behavior. Twin studies are a vastly important tool in dissecting the nature versus nurture argument. Pros of twin studies are that identical twins otherwise known as monozygotic twins have genotypes that are identical to each other. Therefore, monozygotic twins are the best indicator of whether biology is the main effector of…

McIlroy born with gifted talent, or were they made elite athletes through hard work and the right nurturing?. Through the development of the human genome and the increasing research into genetics, many scientists and athletes have wondered if nature or nurture has more of an effect on athletic ability. Some scientists, optimistic about the future of genetics, have claimed that winners posses innate traits from birth, while others believe it is the development of talent that is more important in…