The topic of nature vs nurture is a very big issue in the world of psychology. Many people believe that nature affects a person more than nurture does, while others believe it's the other way around. It is quite obvious to me that these processes go hand and hand with each other but nurture is the dominant of the two. Nurture is what makes us ultimately who we are not the nature. All the components that go along with nurture such as, childhood experiences, how one was raised, and social relationships, give me reason to believe this. Growing up, children are very impressionable and this can cause one to be easily influenced by their environment. Childhood experiences shape a young child's mind. When a child is experiencing …show more content…
Everyone gets some of both, but are the traits one receives what really makes them really them? I believe otherwise. Parents are a vital part of not just a child's life, but a person's life in general and what they pass down to someone is not what ultimately shapes them, it's really how the parent raises the child. Every parent has something that they do differently with their child and something they want to teach that child and this is why every child is different. If the way a parent raised a child did not matter and would not effect the child whatsoever then why is every child not the same? Would that not consist of the environment they grow up in not being a serious matter in who that child becomes? It would. People are all different because of how a parent did or did not raise them and this effects the child more then they probably even know. It affects how the child begins to view people and also how that child will build relationships with …show more content…
Even if the parent or parents were there it will still effect the way the child develops a close or semi close relationship with other people. If the child is able to build relationships and friendships with people with ease their personality will most likely be more extroverted do to them being open to being friends with as many people as they can. On the flip side, if a child is not as open to being everybody's friend and is very selective on who they choose to be around or call friend, then their personality will be more introverted. Having an extroverted personality doesn't mean that one's parents were present and consistent in their life but it means that even if they have experienced the worst of the worst they don't victimize themselves and that they don't let the bad things in their environment shape them into a bad person. They let it shape them into a great person so that the energy they emit is positive and anyone who will be around them and in their environment will shape themselves to become great people as well. Now if someone is an introvert that does not mean that they are a bad person or that their parents weren't present in their life, it simply means that whatever experiences they have had they chose not to let people in so easily to where they could mess
The influence can either be good or bad The child pays close attention to the parents and as it grows up and it models itself after them. If the parents are always stressed out, then the kid will always be stressed out. If the parents are always mad and angry at each other, then the kid will be mad and angry towards others. There are some benefits of parents arguing. The child can see how conflicts are resolved and apply that knowledge later on in life. In some cases the parents can raise the children in a loving and caring home and the child will still turn out awful. For example, Gloria Harding raised her son named Bobby in a perfect home where he was the perfect child, but grew up as an uncontrollable teenager. His older sister is a responsible mother while Bobby is out of control. They think that Bobby may have just been a “bad seed.” (Harding 1) Parents can be blamed for a child's poor behavior, but sometimes the child is uncontrollable and will not listen to their parents no matter
On this basis, those who are referred to as introverts are those that have a low degree of extroversion and the same applies to extroverts. Jung also notes that the functions of sensing, feeling, thinking, and intuiting impact on the personalities of people and moderate their degrees of extroversion and introversion. Generally speaking, introverts prefer quiet environments with minimal stimulation. Introverts are more likely to experience intense stress levels that can last for a long time as they strive to figure out the possible cause of the traumatizing events. It can be difficult for introverts to accommodate other people after they are hurt and need time alone before they recover from the trauma (Jung, 2014).
In the well-received novel “Pudd’nhead Wilson,” Mark Twain skillfully addresses the ancient argument about the origin of one’s character and whether it’s derived from his nature or his surroundings. We can best see this battle between nature versus nurture by inspecting the plot lines that follow the characters Thomas a Becket Driscoll, Valet de Chambre, and Roxana the slave. Thomas was born into a wealthy white family while Roxy birthed Chambers into a life of slavery. It seemed as though each would have gone their separate ways into opposite walks of life, but Roxy secretly swapped the children, which destined each to their counterintuitive fates. Through their words and actions, Tom, Chambers, and Roxy have proven the idea that one’s behaviors and desires are a result of his upbringings and the environment he lives in rather than by his innate nature.
‘Birth order theory can help explain why children raised in the same family environment with a strong genetic relationship can have such different personalities’ (Drysdale, 2011). The birth order theory says that ‘first-borns are leaders, the drivers and the responsible type. They love to feel in control and feel uncomfortable with surprises or feeling out of their depth. They are conservative in their outlook’ (Grose, 2013). The personality theory says that last-borns are majorly different to first-borns in their characteristics and traits. It states that last-borns are ‘the
Nature vs nurture has been an ongoing debate for many decades among some of the greatest minds in psychology. Everyone is trying to figure out the source of human personality. Does our personality develop primarily by genetics, known as nature or is it based off of our environment and the way we were raised, nature? I believe it is a bit of both, but in my opinion nurture plays a bigger role.
An extrovert may be able to describe the lives of their friends, but introverts can describe a person's personality and temperament. As introverts can better understand others, Cain explains that they can make as great of leaders as their extroverted
Albert Camus once said, “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.” But what makes man what he is? Is it his sheer genetic makeup, or is it the way he was raised? The nature vs. nurture debate has raged on for centuries, but neither side has been able to prove their point indefinitely. Even today we see displays of the contrast between genetics and learned behaviors, some of which are athletics, intelligence, medical histories, etc. Every person is completely unique, a combination of genetic makeup and environment make an individual who they are.
I believe that people are a byproduct of both their inherited and inborn characteristics, as well as their environment. The nature versus nurture debate has long been a hot debate in the psychology world with evidence supporting both sides of the argument. It is hard to determine whether nature or nurture has more of an influence on our behaviors. For instance, you have a child who is a bully in a classroom. The question is then raised, is this child a bully because his genetic makeup created him to be more aggressive and less empathetic? Or is this child a bully because his home life fosters and rewards him for being aggressive? Or is his home life one where the parents are negligent and aggressive towards the child? If all of the above scenarios were true, then it would be relatively easy to state that the child’s bullying behavior is a byproduct of both his nature and his nurturing. Now let’s look at a professional athlete. Some say a person is born with the skill, hence the phrase natural born athlete. Now a child could be born with the innate aptitude to be an all-star athlete, however, no skill can succeed without practice. Therefore, that would bring to reason that a child could not have any skill to begin with, but with practice they become an all-star athlete. Both of these examples (the bully and the athlete) portray the interconnected and complex ideal of nature versus nurture, with neither providing substantial evidence that
The biological theory refers to the focus of genetic factors that assist the child in adjusting to their environment. The theory highlights the importance of maturation of children’s bodies and their motor skills. The restriction of the biological theory however, is that it discounts the impact of children’s experiences. Behaviorism theory concentrates on children’s behavioral and emotional responses to changes in the environment. The argument against behaviorism is that it focuses on children’s visible behavior and ignores their thought process. The social learning theory interprets children’s beliefs and goals as affecting their behavior by what they learn when they observe others. In the psychodynamic theory, emphasis is on the interaction between internal conflict, early childhood experiences and the environment. Theorists focus on the personality development and how these early experiences play a role later in life. In cognitive-development theories, the concentration is on how the thinking process changes over time. Although it promotes adults to recognize children as curious minds trying to make sense of their environment, the theories lack clear stages that a child’s thought process goes through. Cognitive process theories similarly, also focus on thought process but more so on how people decipher information they see and hear. Sociocultural theories emphasize the affect of social
The nature vs. nurture controversy is an age old question in the scientific and psychological world with both camps having evidence to support their theories. The controversy lies in which is more influential in the development of human beings. While there is no definitive answer for this, it is interesting to look at each of them separately.
The argument of nature vs. nurture is a long-standing one in the psychological and social worlds. It is the argument about whether we are ruled by our genes or our upbringing. It is my thought that neither is true. It is nature working with nurture which determines our personality and our lifestyle.
The nature versus nurture debate is an old issue within the field of psychology. “The nature-nurture issue is a perennial one that has resurfaced in current psychiatry as a series of debates on the role that genes (DNA) and environments play in the etiology and pathophysiology of mental disorders” (Schaffner) The debate is essentially about what is inherited (nature) and what is experienced by environmental factors (nurture) and how they affect human development. Naturally, the nature versus nurture debate relates to many controversies such as intelligence, gender identities, violent behaviors, and sexual orientation. There are countless studies on whether intelligence is an inherited trait or if it is influenced by environmental factors.
Nature is the belief you were already born with your personality while nurture is the belief that your personality is developed based on influences in your life beginning when you were a child. These theories are different, both makes us believe who we are. I believe that nature is much more influential on a child’s development than nurture is, but both
On the other hand, introverts are people who are concerned with and interested in their own mental life and often perceived as more reserved and less outspoken in groups. Unlike extroverts who are feeling energized when they are around a large group of people, introverts have energy drained from them through human interaction. Hence, it is essential for them to spend some alone time to “recharge”. Al...
The study of nature development refers to the inherited characteristics and tendencies, these are genetic, and these which are inherited help influence the development through childhood. Some inherited characteristics appear in virtually everyone, For instance, almost all children have the capacity to learn to walk, understand language, imitate others, use simple tools, and draw inferences about how other people view the world. The coding of genes in each cell determine the different traits which we have, more dominantly on the physical attributes like eye colour, hair colour, ear size, height, and other traits. However, it is still not known whether the more abstract attributes