Nature Vs Nurture Research Paper
Is it Nature or Nurture?
Glenda Doctor
Western Governor’s University
GLT 1 Task 3
The debate regarding Nature and nurture and its effects on human behavior and characteristics has a long history. Some theories state that it is nature, our genetics that determine who we are and who we become. While genetics do play a role in our eye color, our natural hair color and texture and whether we are a boy or a girl and whether or not we are susceptible to some diseases based on our genetic makeup, (McLeod, 2007). The theories that are based on nurture argue that we are creature of our environment. Our experiences, socialization and how we are raised make us who we are. The experts will agree that both theories do influence and play a part …show more content…
This belief states that any characteristic that is not observed at birth presents itself later in life at a determined time, (McLeod, 2007).
Empiricists are theorists who believe that at birth each one of us is considered a blank slate and that persons are filled with experiences and socialization from the cultures that are lived in and experiences that are endured as well as reactions to them based on how others react, (McLeod, 2007).
Compare and Contrast
Langstrom, Rahman, Carlstrom, Lichtenstein, in 2010 completed a study of twins using the Swedish Twin Registry. Twins born in Sweden between the years of 1959 to 1985 were selected for this web based research, known as the Swedish Twin Study of Adults: Genes and Environments (STAGE), (Langstrom, Rahman, Carlstrom, Lichtenstein, 2010). The STAGE completed screens on selected twins that included prominent psychiatric and physical morbidity, health related experiences and behaviors and any trauma, substance abuse as well as sexuality. The STAGE survey assessed twins for sexual orientation or experience with same sex partners, (Langstrom, Rahman, Carlstrom, Lichtenstein, 2010). The variable for the study were any …show more content…
Both studies were attempting to determine if sexual orientation was genetic or environmental. The Swedish study included data in regards to sexual encounters as well as total number of encounters while the American study looked at persons that had listed attractions to either same sex, opposite sex or bisexual and then took the bisexual and same sex and grouped that data together. The weaknesses of either study is that with a questionnaire is it possible to have error, and with a study as sensitive as same sex encounters there is a risk of inappropriate
Glenda Doctor
Western Governor’s University
GLT 1 Task 3
The debate regarding Nature and nurture and its effects on human behavior and characteristics has a long history. Some theories state that it is nature, our genetics that determine who we are and who we become. While genetics do play a role in our eye color, our natural hair color and texture and whether we are a boy or a girl and whether or not we are susceptible to some diseases based on our genetic makeup, (McLeod, 2007). The theories that are based on nurture argue that we are creature of our environment. Our experiences, socialization and how we are raised make us who we are. The experts will agree that both theories do influence and play a part …show more content…
This belief states that any characteristic that is not observed at birth presents itself later in life at a determined time, (McLeod, 2007).
Empiricists are theorists who believe that at birth each one of us is considered a blank slate and that persons are filled with experiences and socialization from the cultures that are lived in and experiences that are endured as well as reactions to them based on how others react, (McLeod, 2007).
Compare and Contrast
Langstrom, Rahman, Carlstrom, Lichtenstein, in 2010 completed a study of twins using the Swedish Twin Registry. Twins born in Sweden between the years of 1959 to 1985 were selected for this web based research, known as the Swedish Twin Study of Adults: Genes and Environments (STAGE), (Langstrom, Rahman, Carlstrom, Lichtenstein, 2010). The STAGE completed screens on selected twins that included prominent psychiatric and physical morbidity, health related experiences and behaviors and any trauma, substance abuse as well as sexuality. The STAGE survey assessed twins for sexual orientation or experience with same sex partners, (Langstrom, Rahman, Carlstrom, Lichtenstein, 2010). The variable for the study were any …show more content…
Both studies were attempting to determine if sexual orientation was genetic or environmental. The Swedish study included data in regards to sexual encounters as well as total number of encounters while the American study looked at persons that had listed attractions to either same sex, opposite sex or bisexual and then took the bisexual and same sex and grouped that data together. The weaknesses of either study is that with a questionnaire is it possible to have error, and with a study as sensitive as same sex encounters there is a risk of inappropriate