Running Head: NATURE VS. NURTURE-THE GREAT DEBATE 1 Nature vs. Nurture: The Great Debate Jeffery Gray, RN Western Governors University September 2014 NATURE VS. NURTURE: THE GREATE DEBATE 2 Abstract Describe the basic elements of the nature-nurture controversy. There are two different rationales for the origin, cause, or source of human behavior. Researchers and Scientists alike suggest that behavior is either the result of nature or nurture. Nature suggests that human behavior is the result of a genetic disposition, in other words, an individual’s behavior exists at birth, it is innate, they are born with the behavior inside of them. However, nurture suggests that an individual’s behavior is learned, it is the result or by-product of the environment in which the individual was reared or existed.
Who Has More Influence: Parents, Peers, Culture, or a Combination? Children’s growth and development has many influences, and they often combine produce a unique and individualized child. To what extent do these influences come from the parents, the peers, or the cultures in which they reside? In social science, one of the most debated theories of development is that of nature versus nurture. The child’s nature refers to the influence that genes play on development, while nurture refers to the influence of the environment.
Explaining love, responsibility, anxiety and dread, and self-actualization characteristic from the humanistic that I agree, disagree, and why. Maslow's hierarchy of needs to argue the growth needs that affect personality formation. Using Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid help explain the growth needs that affect personality formation. Discuss biological factors that influence the formation of personality. Trying to explain how the genes of an individual will affect one's personality.
ECE 205 Introduction to Child Development Instructor: Adebimpe Odunjo June 23, 2014 There has always been a debate over nature vs. nurture, whether it is inherited genes or the environment influences that affect us as a person. Some people believe that our genes effect who we are, others may think that the environment plays a role, and some think that both nature and nurture has an influences on our behavior. Either way, this debate will always be a controversial issue in psychology and child development, whether characteristics and behavior are primarily due to genetics or the environment. In this essay we will determine the relationship between nature vs. nurture, the influences on child development, and the influential factors that has on you as a person. For the past yeast several years the debate over nature vs. nurture have been strongly discussed.
Color of eyes, straight or curly hair, pigmentation of the skin and certain diseases are all a function of the genes we inherit. Other physical characteristics, if not determined, appear to be at least strongly influenced by the genetic make-up of our biological parents. Those who adopt an extreme heredity position are known as nativists. Their basic assumption is that the characteristics of the human species as a whole are a product of evolution, and that individual differences are due to each person’s unique genetic code. Characteristics and differences that are not observable at birth, but which emerge later in life, are regarded as the product of maturation.
I will in this paper describe a little bit of both sides of the debate, and then give my opinion on it. Hopefully this paper will also allow you to help draw your own conclusions as well. Scientists have known for years that traits such as eye color and hair color are determined by specific genes encoded in each human cell. The Nature Theory says that traits such as intelligence, personality, aggression, and sexual orientation are also encoded in an individual's DNA. (Nature vs. Nurture, 2006) The search for behavioral genes is the source of constant debate.
Running head: NATURE VS NURTURE: TWO STUDIES Nature vs Nurture: Two Studies Lesli A. Hill Western Governors University Nature vs Nurture: Two Studies Almost since the beginning of time, humans have tried to figure out why we are the way we are. Are our traits the result of our genetics, or our living situation? This question is the crux of the raging debate called “nature versus nurture.” The nature vs. nurture debate is all about determining whether we are shaped more by heredity or environment, and it has been applied to everything from intelligence to disease processes to sexual orientation. Proponents of the nature theory believe that we are destined have certain qualities because they are pre-programmed into our DNA, while supporters of the nurture theory believe that we learn our
Biology also affects how we see ourselves and how others interact with us. John Locke, a seventeenth century English philosopher, once said that “The mind is a blank slate, at birth. With the proper upbringing anyone could become a person of distinction.” Although this approach seems logical, I disagree. A person is not born a blank slate that is then written on by the environment; rather, people start with certain inherent predispositions and abilities. According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs there are several levels of needs a person must meet until they reach self-actualization.
The brain is the powerhouse of human behavior, and the biological perspective is all about the study of the brain, aspects like genetics, immune system, nervous system, and how the brain interacts with these different pieces to make you different. Why we do what we do is what this perspective is all about, and by using this perspective you don’t just have a bunch of assumptions but you can now collect facts and cold hard reasoning, to help solve the hardest of physiological questions. The psychological perspective that I believe does not accurately describe human behavior is the Evolutionary Perspective. First off this perspective is not merely based on fact but on logic, reasoning, and problem solving. It is more of an educated suggestion with facts that seem to fit the puzzle.
Defense mechanisms, examples – repression, projection, denial, rationalization, regression, reaction formation, displacement, sublimination What is the defense mechanism that involves us in attributing things we don’t like in ourselves onto other person? Projection What is the condition that parents set up to communicate positive regard to their children? Conditions of worth What is the basis for self-esteem? A comparison of ones perceived self, versus desired self What is the relationship between personality traits in relation to a changing environment? Over time, the environment contributes to personality traits What are the cells that conduct impulses through the nervous system?