Nurture versus Nature

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Nurture Versus Nature
The Debate
The Nurture versus Nature debate is one of the oldest debates in the history of psychology. The argument is about whether a person’s development is because of their DNA or if it is influenced by their life experiences and environment. This is still a debate today due to unknown factors that have not been proven true yet.
Nature
Every individual has genetic coding in every cell that determines our physical traits such as eye color, hair color, ear size, height and many other traits. Personality, intelligence, sexual orientation and likes and dislikes are other attributes that we have. It is unknown whether these are due to genetic coding in our DNA as well. One of the biggest arguments is whether there is a gene that is a “gay gene” and determines an individual’s sexual orientation. Another issue in the debate is whether criminal acts, tendency to divorce or aggressive and physical behavior can be due to the “behavioral gene”. One reason that the behavioral genes are thought exist is because when fraternal twins are raised apart, they still have some of the same behaviors and responses.
Examples of Nature traits
 Athletic Ability
 




                        Addictive personality
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Nurture

There is a nurture theory that states that our environment and upbringing influence our intellectual and behavioral traits. Some psychologist such as John Watson believe that children learn from their environments and can be trained to have certain likes and dislikes.






    My opinion on this argument is that humans are influenced by both nature and nurture. I believe that life experiences have a lot to do with our behavior and responses. I also believe that we have certain genetic codes that give us our personality traits.
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Reference:
Nature and Nurture Debate - Genes or Environment? (n.d.). Retrieved from https://explorable.com/nature-vs-nurture-debate



           


 


Comments

  1. Javier's BlogFebruary 18, 2018 at 5:07 PM

    Hi, Cindy! The genetic predisposition in people leads to repeat different patterns. When we recognize those are affecting us, we can build something different for our life, but many of those things that have affected will be present at some time and it will like an internal artifact that will burst at some point. The genetic component affects many people who have struggles with additions such as alcohol and drugs. Creating a safe environment helps in a different and healthy way to cope. Being aware of the genetic predisposition will help to establish limits and be more attentive to what happens in my immediate environment that can lead me to repeat those actions. I was struck by the mention in your blog of the psychologist John Watson about children learning from their environments, I agree with that behavior psychology also advocated by B.F. Skinner, where it is based on the idea that behaviors are acquired through conditioning, in this case of the environments that your mention in your blog. Thanks!

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  2. Christina BlevinsFebruary 19, 2018 at 9:44 PM

    Hi Cindy! I loved how you did it all together in the end and said that you believe that a person is influenced by nature and nurture. I would agree with this statement and I love how you added that in!

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