question that is heavily debated. In “Nature and Nurture Debate”; Writer Sarah Mae Sincero briefly explains what “Nature” and “Nurture” essentially are, and how when it comes to shaping our personalities our enviroment trumps our genes. This argument has been ongoing for years now. I believe that nurture is the most vital factor in shaping our personalities, while nature is just the foundation block. Sarah Mae Sincero fails to effectively end the argument as her article lacks emotional and everyday
studies of psychology, people debate whether these traits are influences by your DNA or that it is absorbed by your experiences throughout life (Sincero). Psychologists call this the Nature vs Nurture (Sincero). Each Argument has made valid and accurate points that make it difficult to decide (Sincero).
associated with motivation. Since members of a species tend to be programmed in a similar way, that species’ instinctual motivation is derived from the motivation to survive and when the species acts upon these motivations those are called instincts (Sincero 2017). “Instincts are goal-directed and innate patterns of behavior that are not the result of learning or experience”
emphasis on the idea that a person is motivated to make a decision or perform a task based on the reinforcement received at the end. Essentially, motivation is categorized into two types: intrinsic (internal) and extrinsic (external) motivation (Sincero, 2012). Intrinsic motivation comes for a place of a person’s internal enjoyment of pleasure of completing a goal or task and does not entail any external rewards; for example, a person goes to the gym because they enjoy the way their body feels after
social care settings will also be explored. The instinct theory of motivation explores the idea that every person is born with an innate understanding of how to survive (Nevid, 2013). This theory investigates the biological approach to motivation (Sincero, 2014). Research supports that some of our actions and behaviours are driven by this innate understanding (Nevid, 2013). For example, in the animal world, mating and migrating are not learned; they are an innate behaviour (cherry, 2013). A theorist
physiological illusions, the brain presumes that the image is an effect of excessive interaction or stimulation of a physical stimulus. This stimulus can be either competing or contextual of a particular aspect of color, brightness, size, movement, etc. (Sincero, 2013) Physiological illusions can happen when a person is in an area with bright lights. When the lights are switched off, the person can still feel the effect of the light for a moment. The Future of Optical Illusions In India, optical illusions
Defining emotional development as “the emerging ability to form close and secure adult and peer relationships” (Darling-Churchill & Lippman, 2016). Table 2: Kohlberg’s Moral Stages (Sincero, 2012) The case links to the post conventional of the moral stages. A healthy 18-year-old young lady nurtured in a stable, supportive middle class family. Access to tutoring, health care alongside values of family and companions. Influences of the
This can be achieved by providing opportunity for growth, recognition, responsibilities and challenges (Sincero, 2012). The staff in the customer service team should be provided opportunity to take on challenging tasks. One example is through job rotation. As they might find their jobs to be less “glamourous”, staffs can be rotated amongst the customer service
behavior is learned from the environment and is only linked to observable behavior (McLeod). John Watson, a behaviorist, said that he could "train a baby randomly chosen in a group of 12 infants, to become any type of specialist Watson [wanted]" (Sincero). Parents, peers, and culture are all variables that can lead to different acquired characteristics. People's personalities and beliefs can vary widely from family to family and culture to culture. Albert Bandura's social learning theory shows how
act, what kind of environment they were born in and the way they were raised growing up? According to Sarah Mae Sincero, “the nature verses nurture debate is one of the oldest debates in the world” (Sincero). She says, that “nature is the coding of genes that make up features like eyes and hair color. Nurture is the way someone acts because of the genetic influences the child has” (Sincero). Sarah makes many good points in her article, but behavior in children is not necessarily because of the genetic
debates is and has been nature vs nurture for years, but what is the difference between the two? Nature is what people think of as already having and not being able to change it, in other words, pre-wiring (Sincero). Nurture is the influence of experiences and its environment of external factors (Sincero). Both nature and nurture play important roles in human development. Scientists and researchers are both trying to figure out which is the main cause in development because it is still unknown on which
more frequently through rewards (positive reinforcements), that it receives, or weakened by punishments (negative reinforcements) which is a penalty of the behavior (Hutchison, 2011). According to Mae Sincero, behavior could also be learned “…indirectly (through observational learning)” (Mae Sincero, 2012). “Other examples of observational learning include: modeling, imitation, vicarious learning, identification, copying, social facilitation, contagion, androle play” (Bustamante, Howe-Tennant, & Ramo
Psychology entails the study of human behavior and mind. It also involves an applied science and an academic discipline that seek to understand groups and individual by establishing general values and researching particular cases. In the field of psychology, professional practitioners known as a psychologist are classified as the behavioral, cognitive, or social scientist. These practitioners attempt to comprehend the role of individual mental functions and their social behavior. The psychologists
Nature vs. Nurture Every person has a nature instinct and a nurture instinct inside them, but the dominance of a certain one usually depends on the person. Some people have a stronger urge to help and protect others than to better themselves, while other people have the most interest in self-preservation. It is not just what a person thinks or feels that shows their true side, but also moments of quick judgement, snap-decisions, and kill or be killed. In these times of life or death, humans usually
future, what happens after the response either encourages the response by offering a reward that brings pleasure or allows an escape from a negative situation. The former is known as positive reinforcement, the latter known as negative reinforcement (Sincero, 2012). A teenager who received money for getting an “A” is being positively reinforced, while an individual who skips a class presentation is being negatively reinforced by escaping from the intense fear and anxiety that would have occurred during
There are many theories associated with developmental psychology, which studies the scientific process and cause of human development over the course of our lives. Developmental psychologists study a wide range of theoretical areas, such as biological, social, emotional, and cognitive processes (McLeod, S. A., 2012). Two theories of developmental psychology that I will be discussing will be the theory of moral development by Lawrence Kohlberg, and Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. According
Antigone, The Gone Girl In the play, “Antigone” by Sophocles, a young girl is trying to bury her brother after Polyneices and Eteocles have been killed in battle. The king, Creon, will not allow a burial for Polyneices. Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development demonstrates the stages of moral development the mind goes through. The fifth stage of Kohlberg’s Theory, “Social Contract”, best describes Creon throughout the play. The stage best classifies Creon because his social mutuality will change
Nature versus nurture has been argued in attempt to understand how criminals behave. The theory of what influences psychopath and serial killers’ violent and destructive pathways has not been agreed on till this day. Criminals such as psychopaths and serial killers have been researched for the past two decades. Scientists have found that genetics is a determining factor of who becomes a serial killer. It is important to understand the determinants involved within a serial killer, because if these
Quality of Elder Care "The ecological systems theory holds that we encounter different environments throughout our lifespan that may influence our behavior in varying degrees. These systems include the micro system, the mesosystem, the exosystem, the macro system, and the chronosystem (Berk, 2014, 2011, 2008, p. 19)." Within this paper one will discuss the ecological system theory in detail as it pertains to quality care of the elderly. Ecological
Stress is one of the common problems that affect the students’ performance known for every university. Accordingly, stress is a way how students respond to pressure (“Stress and Academic Performance”, n.d.) that they were encountering in their academic life. Tertiary years demands so much pressure and time, the occurrence of stress is inevitable and how student adapt to it affects their performance; to meet such demands our bodies will react accordingly in order to regain balance (“Controlling the