The Nurture Assumption

This article is a book review of the Nurture Assumption written by Judith Rich Harris. Harris’s main belief in the book is that parents must share credit with the child’s own nature, and most importantly with the child’s peers. Harris’s book focuses on the importance of peers and genes. Genetics explains only approximately half of the variation in people’s personalities and abilities. Everyone acknowledges peers is important, but instead of treating it as a nuisance in children’s socialization, Harris makes it a key player. Harris found that children’s attachment to their peer groups is not irrational, it’s essential. There is a fear to her message, that parents aren’t all that matters, will somehow encourage the neglect or outright abuse of children. After reading this article I agree with the author’s review of the Nurture Assumption, where the author Judith Rich Harris challenges the idea that the personality of adults is determined chiefly by the way they were raised…

nature versus nurture has been a contentious topic in psychology for quite a while. Despite cornucopia studies and researches on this topic, it has not put a stop on if nature is superlative to nurture or vice-versa, or if both of them are equally important when talking about child psychology and development. The main purpose of this text is to provide a reaction to the article The Nurture Assumption Why Children Turn out the Way They Do authored by Judith Rich Harris by using four of the eight…

Hero than he professes his undying love and seeks her hand. This gesture could be regarded as the quintessence of romantic love. However, Claudio's admiration for Hero comes across as a school-boyish crush, rather than deep felt love and respect. He seeks the opinion of his friends to reinforce his judgment on Hero, thereby showing that he is not convinced of his own feelings. Claudio sees Hero as a flawless angel, a naive, boyish assumption. Benedick. Would you buy her [Hero], that you…

Murderers: Nature vs. Nurture The nature vs. nurture debate helps researchers explain ones actions based on either their genetic traits or based on how they were raised. The nature side offers an explanation for the persons inherited genetic traits to help explain their actions such as how they behavior especially at a younger age. The nurture part helps give one an explanation to how a person behaves or acts based on the environmental factors that person was raised in and how society could…

The nature vs. nurture controversy is now and always has been a big debate. Is the person your child becomes influenced by nature which is genetic or by nurture which is environmental. Is there really only one factor or does both nature and nurture play a part in child development? We all can agree that nature and nurture influences genetic and environmental development, cognitive development, and emotional or social development. Currently researchers are trying to figure out if nature or…

The debate of nature and nurture and their impact on intelligence has been widely debated over the last century. This dynamic has been studied, tested, examined and reexamined. Typical cognitive development milestones and the nature vs. nurture conundrum have been a huge focus in the study of intelligence. This abundance of attention on the subject of intelligence has not yet yeilded a working and universally accepted definition. Despite of the lack of definition, intelligence is tested and…

successful athlete due to the heredity passing of athletic traits from the father to the son, hence, nature. The nurture aspect comes into play by the father being active in the boy’s life and doing things, such as bringing him to baseball practice (Yu p.185). However, the protagonist, Charles, does not live a life worth bragging about: right before the young boy hits a fly ball out of the park, he watches his father fail at doing the only thing both him and his father know—building the time…

would be the nature vs. nurture debate, one of the oldest arguments in the field of psychology. In the beginning of this debate psychologists claimed that either a person’s development is shaped by his or her environment and experiences, or that a person develops a certain way due to their heritage and genetic code. Currently, it is apparent that both sides of the argument play major roles in a child’s development as both biology and environment are not exclusively related to different aspects…

Many scientists study, if one’s nature is the reason for their success or if the way they were nurtured the reason for their success. The nature theory has to do with the way someone's genes; something they were born with influences their success. And the nurture theory has to do with how someone is raised or how things they are taught influences their success. Both of these theories have different aspects of how they influence individual success. Nature has both good and bad influences on…

In the field of psychology, nature and nurture is one of the most enduring debates. This debate within psychology is concerned with the extent to which particular aspects of behavior are a product of either inherited or acquired characteristics. Characteristics and differences that are not observable at birth, but which emerge later in life, are regarded as the product of maturation. Some people say that nature, ones genetics, is the reason why they behave and act the way they do. Others argue…