ESSAY: STAGE 1
NATURE VS NURTURE
Intro
Nature VS Nurture has been a long going debate for many of centuries. Many of people have argued for what side they think is correct. Psychologists such as;
Many other studies have been done
When in psychology we talk about Nature this means our genetics, what we are born with. Nurture refers to how we have experienced life and how as a child how parents have brought us up. Environmental factors also contribute to Nurture.
Many studies have been done in this debate, in the studies there have been twins separated at birth. The twins were moved to opposite sides of the world with completely different family types. When the twins were reunited some aspects of them were the same but things like their beliefs and look on life were different
Nature normally refers to our genetics. What we are born with; we may be born with a chemical imbalance causing us to be more depressed then happy or we may have a bad temper. Some genetic mental disease may run through the family such as depression or bipolar. Researcher’s studies people and their relatives because they share most genes so the studies they conduct see whether or not their characteristics are similar. Identical twins have the same genes, so this may be Nature but they usually are treated the same and grow up in the same environment.
Nurture is usually the environment we are brought up in; we may be brought up on the streets which can cause us to become aggressive because you had to defend yourself on the streets from predators. The social group that we are involved with may influence us. Sometimes a child is born not so smart but teachers and parents encourage the child to try to be smart. Which they do normally become smarter through time.
Bandera’s social learning theory shows that aggression can be learnt through environmental observation. This experience was done by