Nature vs nurture what do you think about this debate?

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what do you think about the nature nurture theory?
Do you believe that some peoples behaviour is predicted by their genes.
 
I think we are a combination of both. I can tell you that my sons had certain traits from the day they were born, and although they were raised in the same home by the same parents and were born just over two years apart, they are very different in personality, and they have different talents and abilities as well. Genetically, they should be quite similar, and their upbringing was also similar.
This is entirely unscientific, but I've thought about it a lot in terms of my experience with my sons.
 
I think things like Nurture/nature help people to DECIDE , what they're going to be like, but ultimately each individual makes the decision to be a certain way, and can change that despite nature/nurture.

that's just what I think.
 
no! My behavior is based upon my experiences and who I'm with. Maybe what I don't like and do like and bodily related things depend on my genes, but not really behavior. I don't act like my parents
 
I believe both have a huge impact on ones outcome. There are tons of different scenarios I could give. A basic one could have to do with a angry/ violent individual. Violence often comes from the way a child was raised. If a child is neglected or abused (nurture) he is more likely to be an aggressive person.
On the other hand someone can grow up in a perfectly nurturing environment and turn out to be a psychotic serial killer. He may have just been born with a chemical imbalance that causes him to lack common traits such as empathy.
 
It's both. Everyone has genetic limitations that they can't rise above, but I think that most human beings have potential they never get to realize, due to poor upbringing, poor nutrition, poor education, and other environment factors.

I've rarely seen a person who grew up in a stable, nurturing environment do badly in life, but plenty of smart people who grew up in bad environments end badly.

So, my vote is for nurture.
 
Everyone's behavior is predicted by their genes as is there intelligence. But there are also major links to their environment as well. In my opinion (an the opinion of many psychologist and doctors) most attributes of humans are both and nearly equally nature and nurture.
 
I think nature and nurture both affect someones personality but the nurture part plays a much bigger role...
 
I am not a big subscriber to this theory. I believe behavior is more inviroment based, rather than genetic.
Since the only thing worth measuring in behavioral theory is behavior, it is only logical that the one thing behaviorists focus on changing is also behavior. Behavior modification is the generic term given any process derived from learning theory where the goal is to change a person's behavior or the way he or she interacts with the world.
In behavior modification, we apply these same techniques in order to effect change on the way a person acts or responds to the environment. Changing complex behaviors, hence, requires complex behavioral modification. The concept of shaping comes into play here. Shaping refers to the reinforcement of behaviors that approximate or come close to the desired new behavior. The steps involved are often called successive approximations because they successively approximate or get closer and closer to the desired behavior


To understand behavior modification, you have to understand the two main concepts that it is based on: Classical and Operant Conditioning. Classical conditioning refers to the pairing of naturally occurring stimulus-response chains with other stimuli in order to produce a similar response. Operant conditioning started as an experiment in learning and developed into the Law of Effect and our knowledge of reinforcement, punishment, and extinction.
 
A cats a cat a dogs a dog and no amount of training will make a cat bark.
Look at gay people.
Many gay people have been brought up in societies where it was or is illegal. Where the slightest suggestion of being gay was punished with anything from a stern disapproving look to DEATH.
Some joined the army, others the church. Many got married.
Can you teach people to be straight or gay?
PS I have blue eyes and I am a lesbian.
Both things are in my DNA.
 
It is both. We are all born with innate characteristics that are genetic but it's the environment that helps shape us. Both are equally significant/influential.
 
Behavior is not predicted by genetics. A behavior may be more likely due to genetic factors. There's a difference.

It's 50/50, nature/nurture. I've seen more people overcome nurture issues on their own than nature issues but that may be because genetic studies are in their infancy.
 
I believe that it's a bit of both personally, although I know some would argue.

I think about it like this:

Our genes determine if we are tall, fat, skinny, short, acne prone, deformed, etc. So in a way it determines if we are going to look attractive to others or not. And when you are not "attractive" to people it somehow affects how the react to you and how you feel about yourself knowing that you arn't the "hottest" person.

Based on that, if you already have low self-esteem because of that, a crappy childhood doesn't help at all. People are mean.

Put it this way:

When a beautiful person smiles at you, you go "what a nice person" and smile back.

But when an ugly person smiles at you, you wonder "what do they want?" and avert your gaze.

lol. Either way, your experiences define your personality, and your genes determine what possiblities there are for what you can do.
 
they cant be separated in my opinion

we are all products of our parents and our environment

Behaviour again is decided by our parents attitudes and style of parenting and our environment
 
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