Nature Vs Nurture
Nature / Nurture or Both !
The controversy over what determines who we are, whether it is Nature
(heredity, our biological make up) or Nurture (our environment) is taking a new shape. Through the past decades, psychologists have developed different theories to explain the characteristics of human-beings; how we feel, think and behave.
Usually, these theories were one directional in the nature / nurture question.
Today, a new approach to deal with this question is emerging. This new approach finds a middle ground between nature and nurture. The conclusion that nature and nurture are complementary and work hand and hand to shape a behavior (a purposeful and meaningful activity) is not a compromise; it is a result of a vigorous study of each …show more content…
Few deacades ago, women were considered inferior to men in their achievements. Today, eventhough the misconception of gender roles in society is still present, we can clearly see the gap between men and women narrowing due to the change in enviorment. The new school emerging to help bring the nature nurture argument to rest professes that there is no war between nature and nurture. Indeed, such war would be absurd because it is the interaction of nature and nurture that defines our behavior and well-being. Here, a question as " WHY DID YOU STEEL THE CAR? ", cannot be answered by: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT, or better yet, MY GENES MADE ME
DO IT. In understanding a behavior, both nature and nurture are taken to consideration. " Moreover, it is perfectly obvious that human social life is related to human biology...Of course, neither biological nor cultural determinists ever wish entirely to exclude the significance of the other." (R.C Lewontin. p.267-
268.) Many psychological illnesses can be explained as a result of combined genetics and environmental factors. As already stated in this paper, schizophrenia has genetic basis. It is also a fact that this mental disease is triggered by environmental factors including family factors and external …show more content…
Not even monozygotic twins have the same environment. "Every person is a unique and nonrecurrent",
(Dobzhansky, Theodosius. p.8)
In sum, in this paper we can conclude that our development and behavior are products of the interaction between nature and nuture. Scientists confirm that we are predisposed to certain traits and behaviors, but this predisposition is susceptible to modification by genetics as well as environmental factors. We can no longer dwell on the question "Is it Nature or Nurture That Determines Who
We Are?" We learn that it is thcombination of these two vital factors that shape and define our development and behavior.
Work Cited
Dangles, Tori." Chromosomes contain clues on sxhizophrenia", Bsoton Globe,
Feb17-97
Dobzhansky,Theodosius. Genetic Diverisy & Human Equality.1973 Glick, Marion E."
Behavior and the Brain:A New View of the
The controversy over what determines who we are, whether it is Nature
(heredity, our biological make up) or Nurture (our environment) is taking a new shape. Through the past decades, psychologists have developed different theories to explain the characteristics of human-beings; how we feel, think and behave.
Usually, these theories were one directional in the nature / nurture question.
Today, a new approach to deal with this question is emerging. This new approach finds a middle ground between nature and nurture. The conclusion that nature and nurture are complementary and work hand and hand to shape a behavior (a purposeful and meaningful activity) is not a compromise; it is a result of a vigorous study of each …show more content…
Few deacades ago, women were considered inferior to men in their achievements. Today, eventhough the misconception of gender roles in society is still present, we can clearly see the gap between men and women narrowing due to the change in enviorment. The new school emerging to help bring the nature nurture argument to rest professes that there is no war between nature and nurture. Indeed, such war would be absurd because it is the interaction of nature and nurture that defines our behavior and well-being. Here, a question as " WHY DID YOU STEEL THE CAR? ", cannot be answered by: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT, or better yet, MY GENES MADE ME
DO IT. In understanding a behavior, both nature and nurture are taken to consideration. " Moreover, it is perfectly obvious that human social life is related to human biology...Of course, neither biological nor cultural determinists ever wish entirely to exclude the significance of the other." (R.C Lewontin. p.267-
268.) Many psychological illnesses can be explained as a result of combined genetics and environmental factors. As already stated in this paper, schizophrenia has genetic basis. It is also a fact that this mental disease is triggered by environmental factors including family factors and external …show more content…
Not even monozygotic twins have the same environment. "Every person is a unique and nonrecurrent",
(Dobzhansky, Theodosius. p.8)
In sum, in this paper we can conclude that our development and behavior are products of the interaction between nature and nuture. Scientists confirm that we are predisposed to certain traits and behaviors, but this predisposition is susceptible to modification by genetics as well as environmental factors. We can no longer dwell on the question "Is it Nature or Nurture That Determines Who
We Are?" We learn that it is thcombination of these two vital factors that shape and define our development and behavior.
Work Cited
Dangles, Tori." Chromosomes contain clues on sxhizophrenia", Bsoton Globe,
Feb17-97
Dobzhansky,Theodosius. Genetic Diverisy & Human Equality.1973 Glick, Marion E."
Behavior and the Brain:A New View of the