Nature vs Nurture debate question?

[Mr. Nobody]

According to current scientific evidence, what contributes more towards an individuals personality, nature or nurture?

 

[wishingforpeace]

Nurture more. Since we sometimes becomes someone else due to circumstances or environment. Example, a natural optimistic and outgoing person may be borned in broken family or disaster country, this lead that person to be pessimistic and scaredy.

 

[Timo]

There is no such thing as correct answer. BOTH contribute towards an individuals personality.

 

[?????? ??????????]

Both. But I think Nurture more, because you can take a wild wolf pup from the wild and nurture it to be tame. It's nature would be to rip your face off when hungry (as you're meat), but nurture told it not to. So it waits for its feed at the bowl or something.

So with humans, I think it's similar. How can you learn something that's never shown? If you're brought up in a violent and angered way/family, then you're not going to know much else, and it's not entirely that individual fault. We don't get to choose our families.

Influence. From parents, media, other people....all helps to shape who we are.