Nature-Nurture Argument
Nature and Nurture Argument
Have you ever wondered where you got your different talents from? Where did you get your talent for singing or your skill for playing certain sports? Were these things taught to you by your parents or was it predetermined by your genes? It is understood clearly that eye color and are physical characteristics and are hereditary. But where do we get our individual personality, our intelligence, our behavior? For some it’s not clearly understood.
The nature versus nurture issue is not new. In fact it has been around for ages, and scholars have still not concluded which of the two has a greater effect on a person. Nature, referring to heredity, is the belief of some scientists. “They think that people behave as …show more content…
History
The nature school of thought came to the forefront in the early to mid 20th century among European ethologists, such as Konrad Lorenz. Their studies emphasized the roles of instinct, fixed patterns of behavior, and the influence of evolution on behavior.
Relying on the experiences he had with animals he reached a conclusion. His conclusion brought intensive political resistance from American psychologists. The American psychologists strongly agree on the nurture side of the nature-nurture argument. As we know animals behavior is instinctive and by their actions he arrived at the following conclusion: “of the role of aggression in shaping human and animal societies, generated substantial controversy because of its argument, in part, that behavioral tendencies are instinctive and unmodifiable by experience.”
The nurture school of thought was championed by American psychologists, who, starting with simple models of learning, such as conditioning, argued that behavior is learned, modifiable due to experience, and not, at least in humans, constrained by evolutionary history.
While the two agree on some point thare remain some differences. This …show more content…
In the beginning I tried to accept only the nurture theory. Then I began to look at my children and grand children. I’m 51 and 32 of those years was involved in raising my children along with nieces and nephews. I must admit I saw some things that I must say it nature the expression “it’s in your blood “, verifies it and I have used the expression. My children have qualities of both myself and my ex-wife. I taught all three of my sons how to do certain jobs. I taught them about God and lived a godly example before them. Only one followed my example and in the case of that one as well as the others I can see family traits from both her family as well as mine. The Bible says Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” This shows that train of teaching is a big part of how we develop personalities. The Bible also shows how those creatures with instinct have it imparted. We see in Matthew that the things they need is given by God. They have no choice God also give to us the major difference is we have a free-will given us by God. And while we may be brothers and sister we are
Have you ever wondered where you got your different talents from? Where did you get your talent for singing or your skill for playing certain sports? Were these things taught to you by your parents or was it predetermined by your genes? It is understood clearly that eye color and are physical characteristics and are hereditary. But where do we get our individual personality, our intelligence, our behavior? For some it’s not clearly understood.
The nature versus nurture issue is not new. In fact it has been around for ages, and scholars have still not concluded which of the two has a greater effect on a person. Nature, referring to heredity, is the belief of some scientists. “They think that people behave as …show more content…
History
The nature school of thought came to the forefront in the early to mid 20th century among European ethologists, such as Konrad Lorenz. Their studies emphasized the roles of instinct, fixed patterns of behavior, and the influence of evolution on behavior.
Relying on the experiences he had with animals he reached a conclusion. His conclusion brought intensive political resistance from American psychologists. The American psychologists strongly agree on the nurture side of the nature-nurture argument. As we know animals behavior is instinctive and by their actions he arrived at the following conclusion: “of the role of aggression in shaping human and animal societies, generated substantial controversy because of its argument, in part, that behavioral tendencies are instinctive and unmodifiable by experience.”
The nurture school of thought was championed by American psychologists, who, starting with simple models of learning, such as conditioning, argued that behavior is learned, modifiable due to experience, and not, at least in humans, constrained by evolutionary history.
While the two agree on some point thare remain some differences. This …show more content…
In the beginning I tried to accept only the nurture theory. Then I began to look at my children and grand children. I’m 51 and 32 of those years was involved in raising my children along with nieces and nephews. I must admit I saw some things that I must say it nature the expression “it’s in your blood “, verifies it and I have used the expression. My children have qualities of both myself and my ex-wife. I taught all three of my sons how to do certain jobs. I taught them about God and lived a godly example before them. Only one followed my example and in the case of that one as well as the others I can see family traits from both her family as well as mine. The Bible says Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” This shows that train of teaching is a big part of how we develop personalities. The Bible also shows how those creatures with instinct have it imparted. We see in Matthew that the things they need is given by God. They have no choice God also give to us the major difference is we have a free-will given us by God. And while we may be brothers and sister we are