The Argument of Learned Traits in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ an important aspect of nurture is investigated through both Frankenstein and his creation. The creatures interaction with the cottagers‚ as well as his interaction with Frankenstein‚ showcase Mary Shelley’s personal views on the topic. Specific contrasting vocabulary and recurring themes as Frankenstein is watching the cottagers help Shelley to highlight the creature’s influences as he’s discovering the
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meanings‚ norms‚ values and roles of a society or group of a certain race or nation. Culture is in support of the nurture side of the nature-nurture argument. The nurture side of the debate states that people are influenced with how they dress‚ to even their actions by the surroundings they are brought up in as well as the people in their lives. However the nature side of the nature-nurture debate believes that people are how they are because of their DNA and genetics‚ therefore their personality and
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create the monster in a storm. To go off of this‚ Victor Frankenstein’s father did all that was possible to nurture his son as he “had taken the greatest precautions that his mind should be impressed with supernatural horrors‚” (Pg 33) As one could tell from reading this story‚ the nature and nurture of Victor Frankenstein are completely opposite‚ as the nature is pulling him down and the nurture is doing all it can to bring him back up. For example‚ it the text Victor stated that his father “had devoted
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from. Similarity to peers most likely results from a similarity effect based off the peers that children decide to spend their time with. Children are most likely to be similar to the other children they spend their time with. However‚ parental nurture is essential to our survival especially at our younger ages. Parental guidance is important however we are meant to interact with and work with our peers‚ and we are more sensitive to our peers styles and attitudes than in our home lives. Since we
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Life Span Perspective Valerie D. Carson PSY/375 September 19‚ 2011 Matthew Warren Ph.D. Life Span Development “The science of human development seeks to understand how and why people—all kinds of people‚ everywhere—change or remain the same over time‚” (Berger‚ 2008‚ p. 6). Some questions regarding humans are answered from a scientific perspective. The life span perspective is multi-dimensional and consists of biological‚ cognitive‚ socio-emotional‚ and spiritual dimensions. An individual
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Ashley Montague an anthropologist from 1940’s-50’s‚ was another contributor to the nurture side of the debate‚ his view is a lot more mitigated and reasonable. As a socialist‚ he was an avid believer in the freedom of human rights‚ believing that the myth of races being unequal was completely untrue and wrong. He didn’t focus as much on the idea of personality but more behaviours such as aggression and anger‚ which links to psychopathy as they are key traits correlating to being a psychopath‚ and
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Be?: Studies Show Nurture at Least as Important as Nature [Online]. Available from:http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/how-hereditary-can-intelligence-be-studies-show-nurture-at-least-as-important-as-nature-a-716614-2.html (Accessed: 30 Match 2014) Edmonds‚ M.(n.d.) Why are people ’s brains different sizes? [Online]. Available from: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/brain-size2.htm (Accessed: 30 Match 2014) Neil‚ J. (2007) Nature vs Nurture in Intelligence
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develop from childhood. Week 3 ~ DQ #1 What are the strengths and weaknesses of biological and humanistic theories? With which do you agree more? The biological and humanistic theories both have strengths and weaknesses. Focusing on nature versus nurture‚ the biological theory suggests that all behavior stems from genetics and is not a product of our surroundings or environment. Thus‚ it ignores individual effects and differences people experience such as how our bodies react to different
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seen in history when in October‚ 1961 the Soviet Union set off a 50 megaton device that killed around 200‚000 people at once. Therefore‚ ethology explains the view that humans are inherently aggressive‚ which also means it supports the nature view of the nature-nurture debate. On the other hand‚ the social learning theory (Bandura‚ 1973) suggests that human behaviour is not inherited but rather learned from models. According to Bandura a person will be aggressive or not depending on the
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the genetic sciences. We now understand the importance of inherited characteristics more than over before. Yet we are still unable to decide whether an individual’s personality and development are more influenced by genetic factors (nature) or by the environment (nurture). Research‚ relating to identical twins‚ has highlighted how significant inherited characteristics can be for an individual’s life. But whether these characteristics are able to develop within the personality of an individual surely
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