Nature Vs Nurture

There are many socialization processes that contribute to our development. Some of the concepts that mold us into the people we are is nature vs. nurture, gender socialization, family, peer groups, mass media, and school. Therefore, we will take a look at how each of these have contributed to making me the person I am today. In nature vs. nurture there are many important things that contributed to my development. Nature are the things that have been passed on to me through heredity. I have my father’s hazel eyes and straight brown hair. I also have my father’s modest personality. I inherited my mother’s fair skin tone. Overall, I look a lot like my father. Nurture is the things I have learned from the environment in which I live. I grew up
I was raised in a family that the woman was the one that cleaned the house, cooked and took care of the kids. Where my father did all the other work on the farm; he didn’t do any “woman duties.” I was raised playing mainly with girl toys and dressed like a girl. I did however, have an older brother that I played with a lot. We would play with the neighborhood kids which consisted of all boys. So I did play with boy toys such as trucks and tractors. Since I played with the boys I also played football a lot with them. Things many girls don’t normally do. This is something that is looked at as more of a boy sport. Family had a large impact on my development, which I feel is the most important. I grew up in a middle class family. My family taught me to be respectful and kind. I grew up in a loving family that was always there for me when we needed something. I grew up with the belief that family is very important and it still is today. These are the things that I instill in my children today as
Mass media has a large influence on people. I remember as a kid watching TV shows and movies and wanting to dress and look like people on TV. I was able to see the world and understand things from around the world without having to be there. There are many things I learned just from watching the news, television shows and movies. I would talk to my family about some of the things I would learn from the media to get their view. Because I thought my family knew best, just because I saw it on TV didn’t mean I believed it. Such as violence it was something that because we were a close family, they taught me that violence is not ok and that you can’t believe everything you see on