Dogs are better than cats Everybody knows that dogs are better than cats. Why is that so? Let me explain. What do you think all of these names have in common? Scooby doo, Gromit, Snoopy, Goofy, Pluto, Clifford and Red Dog.
Is it intelligence that determines the animal’s self-worth and right to live, or is it that animals may possess the same if not identical Neuroanatomy of humans? Suzuki’s primary question examines if the rational behind animal testing is that these animals are dissimilar to human beings; therefore, pain can be inflicted upon these animals without guilt. Suzuki purposes, whether or not the animals need be so close to the human species for the results to be meaningful; Suzuki furthers this inquiry, through his demonstration of logos and ethos. When Suzuki explains the research he has conducted on fruit flies as an alternative to the more commonly used mammals;
Whereas other theorists have argued that is is the way we are brought up and influenced by our surroundings that makes an individual the way they are. Nature means the genetic and biological influences that affect our growth and development. The nature side of the debate believes that it is inherited factors which have more impact on your life and development. For example, the colour or type of your hair, your eye colour, the pigmentation of your skin, and also genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis are all the result of the genes we inherit. These biological factors are said to determine an individual’s development and characteristics .
Nature vs Nurture There has always been controversy over whether inherited genes or the environment influences and affects our intelligence, development, behavior, personality, and ability more then the other. This debate is recognized as nature verses nurture. Sure heredity gives us our physical traits like hair, height, eye color, etc, but the environment plays a greater role in shaping someone’s personality. From personal experience, I believe that nurture has made a bigger impact in my personality then nature. I refuse to believe that people are born with a personality; it all lies with ones up bringing and experiences.
Example: Although most people prefer to have a dog as a pet than a cat, cats make great pets. To begin with, cats require little care. They do not need to be house broken because cats innately seek to relieve themselves on the same spot and even bury their excrement. All the owner needs is to provide a litter box, and he can forget about messiness. Additionally, cats do not require to be walked like dogs do.
They argue that our behavioural aspects originate only from the environmental factors of our upbringing. From my personal point of view, one theory cannot simply be used to explain human behaviour, because there are various factors that affect the way a human thinks, speaks, moves and generally acts. It would take a lot of research to prove that simply DNA is what makes our personalities the way they are. The truth of the matter is that it is a combination of both genetics and the environment we surround ourselves in that help define us as beings. For example, a murderer being studied at a local prison could have a psychological disorder, which causes them to interpret the world around them differently, but it also be because of an genetically inherited disease that runs in the family.
An example for this would be animals, I love animals but I am much more fond of dogs over cats, and horses over cows. I believe that everyone has some aspect of narrow-mindedness. The next section in the Big Five Personality Test is conscientiousness. Receiving a score of 67% for this section, with high scorers demonstrating strong organizational skills, reliability, and careful behavior, whereas low scorers are considered undependable and disorganized (John et al., 1999). I believe that the results I received for this trait are accurate.
Because of all these differences, no one can really say, “a dog is better than a cat, because…” and vice versa as a proven truth (You may voice it aloud if you are stating it as an opinion). Although the statement above is rather impossible to say truthfully as a fact, you cannot deny that a cat is typically a much more convenient pet than a dog. For one, cats cannot bark. This is a very good quality for a pet to have, because then you are not kept awake at night by it making a cacophony of sounds at every single random creature seen moving around outside. Also, cats are not able to irritate your neighbors in the loudness sense, because they generally do not make many powerful sounds.
While it is true that it does affect this animal’s behavior, in reality, most pet owners actually only give their cats the pouches to play with and smell. In England, there is an old tale which states that if the root is chewed catnip would "make the most gentle person fierce and quarrelsome". (p. 99, Hedgemaids and Fairy Candles. The Lives and Lore of North American Wildflowers) Catnip contains a "terpene-like chemical , nepata lactone, which tends to repel insects" (p.577, The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region) and can be used to protect other plants. It is possible that this is the chemical that affects the behaviour of cats.
Environmental Determinism And Environmental Probabilism, Is The Environment Really Influencing Human society? The fundamental of environmental determinism based on to emphasized the role of physical geography, particularly about climate, and how this physical environment in structuring human activities. There are two determinisms that I am going to discuss. The first one is called “Biological determinism”, this determinism is emphasized on the claims that behaviors is the result of internal factors, which means we human have no control about it. For example, these include genetic make-up; biological needs and evolutionary pressures.