The Nurture Assumption

Physical development is believed to be strongly linked to genetics, although it can largely depend on the amount of nurturing an individual receives within their home and social environment (Lippi, Longo & Maffulli, 2009, p.4). The nature versus nurture debate continues with the belief that natural ability varies depending on a number of factors (McLeod, 2007, p.3). Some of these factors include heredity, family/culture, diet, practice and support (Kearns, 2012, p.165). Heredity influences size,…

1. There is a disconnect between Odwalla’s corporate social responsibility model and its actions. Odwalla’s motto of “soil to soul” metaphor stated that is used fresh organic fruit to nurture the body whole of its consumers. Odwalla produced organic fruit juice by using an acid-based rinsing process to killer bacteria instead of pasteurization because they believed it affected the taste of the juice. However, Odwalla’s actions were not socially responsible when they found out that the U.S. Army…

different forms of defense, such as denial, repression or projection. The concept that radiates through culture is the assumption that things do not happen by chance, but is connect to another thought, past experience, or environmental aspect. There is a combination of nature and nurture within the intrapsychic domain. While psychoanalytic theory is not practiced as often, the core assumption of the conscious and unconscious is still prevalent in counseling. From a biblical counseling…

The first stage of Erikson’s ideology, Trust vs. Mistrust, is that infants develop a bond for their caregivers with the assumption that they will always provide for their basic needs. As mentioned above, he does not have any consistent support from his biological parents, therefore disrupting the first stage. One of the major characteristics that Michael demonstrates in his…

Psychology is a scientific discipline that studies human behaviour, considering internal processes and motives. Psychologists’ main goal is to understand the reason why people and animals behave in certain manners. (Eysenck, 2000, p 3). In order to achieve this, psychologists have adopted various approaches including cognitive, biological, humanistic, psychodynamic and behavioural. Psychodynamic and behavioural perspectives are two dominant approaches within psychology due to their great impact…

others are inconceivable, and allow no room for tolerance because of the criminal men 's era. Our society is witnessing various crimes that impel us to question ourselves, as to what might be the main factor of human criminal behavior -- nature or nurture. It is a debate that scholars in various fields have been tackling for years. With so many extraneous factors that may have a hand in influencing a person 's propensity towards committing crimes, it is sometimes…

A classroom that nurtures literacy is led by a teacher-facilitator who weaves literacy lessons involving speaking and listening, reading and writing, and viewing and representing for authentic purposes throughout all areas of the curriculum while providing students choice. The teacher can “motivate and support individual students” and “inspire students to be readers and writers.” Students in these classrooms use technology to learn as well as to communicate and spend time on self-selected…

Maroney. I took the information provided from the chapter and personally interpreted it in relation to the psychological concept of nature vs. nurture. My personal beliefs regarding the overall criminal justice system and the reason behind why people commit crimes can also be compared to the argument of nature vs. nurture. As stated before, I believe the nurture aspect, how one was raised, has a stronger influence on criminal behavior than their brain development, or lack thereof. While reading…

The three main points of the article are first the more time a child spends in childcare the more at risk they are of developing behavior problems/more stress. Second, a study that used variables such as quality of child care and different types of childcare still found that time spent in childcare was linked to children's behavior problems more strongly than the quality of care. Third studies also found that variables such as mother's sensitivity and family's socioeconomic status had a greater…

Through their perception of each other, displays gender assumptions that exist to divide them in constant struggle. The benefactor within the social hierarchy gains their stereotyped gender-specific role within society. While the oppressed revolts against the pecking order or overturn the social hierarchy, to one that maltreats the previous eminent gender. Through Yolen’s representation of gender power struggles and gender assumptions, the representation of equality between the genders, displays…