...The nature versus nurture issue of sport is very controversial. When we come to talk about great athletes we tend to ask ourselves a question that has been around every since sports have started- are great athletes born or made? From my experiences, and other professional athlete’s experiences, I can tell you that they are made. I believe that you can achieve anything life if you want it bad enough, and are willing to do everything you can to achieve it. For instance, NBA great Reggie Miller of the Indiana Pacers is an un-athletic, skinny person who overcame leg deformities as a child that prevented him from walking. He had to wear leg braces for several years until his leg problems were corrected enough for him to start walking again. Eventually, Miller went on to play in the NBA for 13 seasons, while setting the record for most 3-point shots made (Beyond the Glory: Reggie Miller 2004). Therefore, in my opinion, Miller was not a “born” athlete. I feel that he worked hard to develop his skill, and make it into the NBA. On the other hand, many people believe that genetics make up good athletes. They believe that people are born with the ability to become a great athlete. For instance, people believe that Reggie Miller was born with genes that would make him a good basketball player since he was born with potential to grow tall. Miller is now 6’6, and almost every great basketball player surpasses the height of 6’4. Therefore, being tall gives you an advantage in basketball,...
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...Its nice to be in a calm place, a place that’s tranquil and comfortable. Nature is one of my favorites places because of the various potential that it offers. I think that nature should be appretiated a lot more for all to enjoy and be a part of. Nature can be both a wonderful and terrible thing, and we all have the power to make a positive or negative impact on it. Nature isn’t constantly the same due to changes in weather. As the year goes by, so do the seasons. A season is a subdivision of the year, and there are four subdivisions in a year. The seasons are based on the rotation of the earth around the sun. As the earth revolves around the sun, it gets closer and then farther, resulting in hot and cold weather throughout the year. Each season lasts 3 months and the temperature gradually changes in-between. Spring is when slightly warm weather comes through, during this time, the plants begin to bloom. During summer the earth is closest to the sun making it the hottest time of the year. This also brings more hours daylight. Fall is when the earth starts to pull away from the sun. During this time the weather starts to get cold and the leaves fall from their trees. Winter time is the coldest time of the year, the earth is far from the sun at this point. Nighttime hours are longer than daytime, and also comes the chance of snow. As seasons come and go, so do the activities that people enjoy doing. During the spring, people are excited for upcoming events since the weather will...
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...Human development has been and would continue to be a very complex process; from birth to death. Human development spans a broad range of human endeavor that has attempted to understand why human beings to the things they do, grow the way they do, and the potential of human beings. There has been an ongoing debate whether human development is impacted by nature or nurture. If the growth of the individual were to be guided by nature, the individual would take the position that all or most of its behaviors and characteristics are the result of genetics inherited from their parents (Colella, 2013). Meaning that they were fully equipped with all the skills they need in their lives when they are born. On the other hand, if an individual’s growth were guided by nurture only, the individual would think and behave in a certain manner because that is how the individual was taught to do so or from experience (Colella, 2013). In this case the individual is also impacted by the environment surrounding them. Although nature has some impact on human development on an individual, nurture has a greater impact on an individual’s development. It has a bigger affect on human development due to early childhood experiences, acquired intelligences and socialization throughout their life. Early childhood is the most and rapid period of development in a human life. The experiences gained from birth to the four years of age are critical to the complete and healthy cognitive, emotional and physical...
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...Nature Essay As I sit outside I feel all of my troubles leaving me. I have no stress. There is nothing on my mind. I am completely relaxed. I feel as if everything around me has stopped, and I have all the time in the world. I am at one with myself. I lift my head up and I look upon a sea of green grass. I then realize that the sky is a beautiful shade of blue, and there is not a cloud in sight. I can feel the sun's rays reaching out, and warming me to a perfect temperature. As I scan the tranquil scene in front of me, I begin to gaze upon a massive tree. The tree which I am looking at is very distinguished. This tree is absolutely massive. As I look at the tree, I start to see that are so many different grooves and markings on it. I examine each groove and marking, and I start to become lost while looking at it. As I continue up the tree, I notice all of the branches protruding out from the trunk out of the tree. I then start to examine the leaves on the branches. I have never studied a tree before, but now I understand that there are so many things going on with a tree that are not apparent from a distance. As I gaze upon the magnificent tree, I notice a squirrel on one of the branches. The squirrel had a beautiful, brown coat of fur with a white belly. It had little, fat cheeks, tiny ears, and dark brown eyes. The squirrel's tail was standing straight up. This squirrel seemed very aware of its' surroundings. Suddenly, the squirrel runs down the trunk of the tree...
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...God created the world for the people to live in. The beautiful nature it has will never been changed of anything else. The environment should be given importance, for example, its usefulness, especially, for man, and animals. Environment provides food and shelter which man and animals need to survive. Without it, they can’t live in this world with satisfaction. As long as the man is not satisfied, the world is in danger. Like scientists who was not stopping discovering things which man can use in the future for a better life? But as they make a high standard living, our environment will be affected. And as the environment affected, the man’s health will do also affected. The pollution will spread out and many other environmental problems will happen. The human activities like illegal logging, illegal fishing, and quarrying are the common causes of destruction of the environment. These practices of human destroy the surroundings. While man is enjoying doing these, they don’t think the harmful effects of these to them. On the back of their mind, these practices were profitable and can be a livelihood. Moreover, they did it for themselves and they didn’t care about the environment. The man is smart but they use it to wise the other. In general, man had the biggest contribution why the environment was put in danger. The development of many modern machines will lead to pollution. Because of the modernization today, we can now work easily and fatly. In short, the technology...
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...due to evolution these things get embedded in our system. So, in a way, I believe that the Nature aspects are in fact influenced by our environment. The Nurture aspects influence the Nature aspects and vice versa. The skills we are born with influence the things we pick up from our environment. Cause and effect.A big debate in psychology is nature vs nurture. The argument is as to whether a person's gene's (nature) mold them into an individual or whether their environment and how they are raised plays a part. The nature versus nurture debate is one of the oldest issues in psychology. The debate centers on the relative contributions of genetic inheritance and environmental factors to human development. Some philosophers such as Plato and Descartes suggested that certain things are inborn, or that they simply occur naturally regardless of environmental influences. Other well-known thinkers such as John Locke believed in what is known as tabula rasa, which suggests that the mind begins as a blank slate. According to this notion, everything that we are and all of our knowledge is determined by our experience. For example, when a person achieves tremendous academic success, did they do so because they are genetically predisposed to be successful or is it a result of an enriched environment? Today, the majority of experts believe that behavior and development are influenced by both nature and nurture. However, the issue still rages on in many areas such as in the debate on the origins...
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... Nurture is what we are molded in as growing up but at the same time Nature is our personality, intelligence, aggression and sexual orientation are also encoded in each individual DNA. Nature can be defined in many ways I personally define it as life in general things that are natural in life plants, animals, and weather even from a baby coming into this world that is nature. Genetics vs. Environment you might hear someone say to you ‘‘you and your mother act so much alike” or “your following in your fathers foot steps”, however parents and guardians do play the key role in shaping a child personality. But, nature does most of the real work. The environment does influence most personality traits while the rest are genetics. Often times I role out of the bed and the weather is dreadful and I crawl right back in cancelling all my daily routines. What will you define that as? I will classify that as nature for the reason that if the weather was beautiful I would have been in a better mood and start my day; because the sun is shinning and at that moment you’re in a much pleasant mood. Page 72 & 73 in the Society textbook by John J. Macionis looks upon the Role of Nature as determining a person is innately gay, or holds any characteristics of that of a criminal. Page 1 of 3 I ssues of nature vs. nurture are still debated in the scientific community. There is no...
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...Human Nature Nature in itself is like its own author it creates symbols naturally and can also set moods. Robert Frost’s After Apple Picking is about how it is human nature to take a break. Frost’s Mending Wall is about how it is normal for us humans to be guarded. These poems are similar in that they both use symbols and nature to reveal the speaker’s feelings of regret and security however; they are different in that their overall messages are not the same. Frost’s feelings of regret and security are conveyed through symbols and nature in both of these poems. In After Apple Picking Frost talks about his regrets as apples such as the “barrel that [he] didn’t fill” (After Apple Picking 3) which means that he didn’t finish doing something. He also said that that there were “apples [he] didn’t pick up” (5) which were opportunities not taken advantage of. When frost says he is “done with apple-picking (6) it shows that he is done with working or what he is doing because his regrets keep coming back to him. A way that nature shows his feelings are how this poem takes place at the end of apple picking which is end of fall beginning of winter. In winter animals hibernate and take long rests which frost is contemplating or if he is “just [feeling] some human sleep” (42) coming on. This means that he wants his feelings of regret to go away but wondering if it is humanly normal to do so. In Mending Wall the wall itself symbolizes security. When Frost says that he and his neighbor...
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...we can become and our surroundings build the rest. Some psychologists strongly believe that genetics have fairly little to do with people's personalities but rather it is our surroundings, culture, and traditions that shape who we are. According to Saul McLeod, author of "Nature Nurture in psychology from Simply Psychology, "At the other end of the spectrum are the environmentalists – also known as empiricists (not to be confused with the other empirical / scientific approach). Their basic assumption is that at birth the human mind is a tabula rasa (a blank slate) and that this is gradually “filled” as a result of experience." Other people for nurture believe our childhood and experiences are the only thing that determines how well each individual deals with social situations. In the article "Taking the 'vs.' out of nature vs. nurture" the author, Alana Snibbe, states how culture is a big part of nurture and who we are. Culture is humans way of answering life's unanswerable questions and it's this that shapes a lot about how we think and our individual psychology. People who believe in the same things are probably going to think alike and act alike. Obviously, there are some very extreme cases where nature is taken out of the debate all together and nurture is the sole factor to why someone behaves the way they do. Some examples are an abusive parent, being abandoned or neglected and always being in someone's shadow. These situations have a much bigger effect on humans than any...
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...Nature The nature versus nurture debate is one of the oldest issues in sociology All three of the sources give the reader an explanation of the different viewpoints of the topic of human behavior. A century ago, most people thought human behavior resulted from biological instinct, but sociologist now believe that it is determined a little more by one’s surroundings All three sources question the fight over how much of whom we are is shaped by genes and how much by the environment. We do not yet know how much of what we are is determined by our DNA and how much by our life experience, but we do know that both play a part The concept of nature vs. nurture can also be related to my own life. I have always made really good grades and had tremendous academic success. It just seemed natural that I worked hard in school, that it was in my genes maybe, but when I asked my parents how they did in school they told me that they struggled every year. They said that they made mediocre grades and never really cared about school. This really surprised me because I thought that because they pushed me so hard with academics that they must have done well in school themselves. But that was not the case. I was always surrounded by an environment that forced me to believe that I should never accept anything less than an A. This proved that it was not nature that gave me my academic abilities but the nurture I received from my parents. References Macionis, J. J. (2009). Socialization: From...
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...Nature There are many reasons why man need to be concerns about protecting the environment. With the outset of the industrial era many Americans became worried for the environment. Some very important steps are being made to correct the damages done to the environment; biofuel, recycling and limiting emission system problems on automobiles. There are great strive being made using wind and solar energy some people are finding ways to limit use of electricity and power tools there are an abundant of steps that can be taken to protect the environment. Nature continues to be the most precious resources deserving of our protection and preservation. Nature has been entrusted into man’s care therefore everyone has the responsibility to help keep it healthy and safe. Ironically, nature has been abused at the hands of its protector. No one should feel exempt from preserving nature or taking our life source for granted. Since nature is essential to everyone is seems senseless, almost moronic that man handles this precious commodity so carelessly. Without nature all it lost. Taking care of nature is no small task especially since society has been very neglectful, however there are measures that can be taken to correct mistakes made. In “Eco-Defense” the writer talks about how our government has become an entity of greed selling to the highest bidder and that bidder is the industrial and commercial companies (Abbey 348-349). These companies are waging a war against nature for the...
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...Nature Nature is defined as the basic, or inherent features of something; especially when these features are contributing characteristics. Nature is that natural aspect of one’s life that is tamed to abide by the laws of society. This aspect of life consists of the genetic makeup of an individual. Designer babies are babies whose genetic makeup is enhanced, or built to eradicate certain effects. If it was possible to genetically engineer designer babies; there would be certain qualities that I would try to install in my offspring. First, I would ensure that this baby will be a boy, as I would like for him to uphold the legacy that I have made, as well as to make one for himself. I would ensure that the gene responsible for athletic capabilities is firmly planted in his Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA). Like myself, I would want him to be one in tune with his emotions, and concentrated on executing tasks when given. As it relates to other people, they would aspire to create what they would think is the ‘Perfect Baby’. If one was to do a survey, majority of the participants would want to have a baby with blue eyes, and a baby that will grow to be the ‘perfect’ height for a guy, as well as a strongly built muscular body. People would aspire to have a baby with no flaws. They would aim to have a baby that will grow to have a warm personality and the kindest heart. I can hardly conceptualize that someone would want to have a child with disabilities. If a parent was born with disabilities...
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...Consciousness and its Place in Nature David J. Chalmers 1 Introduction1 Consciousness fits uneasily into our conception of the natural world. On the most common conception of nature, the natural world is the physical world. But on the most common conception of consciousness, it is not easy to see how it could be part of the physical world. So it seems that to find a place for consciousness within the natural order, we must either revise our conception of consciousness, or revise our conception of nature. In twentieth-century philosophy, this dilemma is posed most acutely in C. D. Broad’s The Mind and its Place in Nature (Broad 1925). The phenomena of mind, for Broad, are the phenomena of consciousness. The central problem is that of locating mind with respect to the physical world. Broad’s exhaustive discussion of the problem culminates in a taxonomy of seventeen different views of the mental-physical relation.2 On Broad’s taxonomy, a view might see the mental as nonexistent (“delusive”), as reducible, as emergent, or as a basic property of a substance (a “differentiating” attribute). The physical might be seen in one of the same four ways. So a fourby-four matrix of views results. (The seventeenth entry arises from Broad’s division of the substance/substance view according to whether one substance or two is involved.) At the end, three views are left standing: those on which mentality is an emergent characteristic of either a physical substance or a neutral substance,...
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...Record: 1 Full Text Database: Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson) Title:|The Nurture Assumption (Book Review). | Authors:|Smith, Peter K.| Source:|Politics & the Life Sciences. Mar2000, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p12. 3p. | Document Type:|Book Review| Subjects:|NURTURE Assumption, The (Book)BOOKS -- ReviewsHARRIS, JudithCHILDRENNONFICTION| Abstract:|Reviews the book 'The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do,' by Judith Rich Harris.| ISSN:|0730-9384| Accession Number:|4986086| || Persistent link to this record (Permalink):|http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pbh&AN=4986086&site=ehost-live| || Cut and Paste:|The Nurture Assumption (Book Review).| || Database: |Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection| AUTHOR: |Peter K. Smith| TITLE: |The Nurture Assumption| SOURCE: |Politics and the Life Sciences 19 no1 112-14 Mr 2000| The magazine publisher is the copyright holder of this article and it is reproduced with permission. Further reproduction of this article in violation of the copyright is prohibited. The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do Judith Rich Harris New York: The Free Press, 1998, 462 pp. US$25.50 cloth. ISBN 0-684-84409-5. US$15.00 paper. ISBN 0-684-85707-3. Simon and Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, USA. Judith Rich Harris's book has generated very considerable controversy and publicity. The bottom line of her argument is that, when we think...
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...September 2013 Purity of Rust and Branches The Upper Peninsula as a whole is a snippet of tranquility that was carved from our founders, and the founders before them; which are more commonly known as the boulders, river beds, moose, and mosquitos. The most spectacular section of this piece of heaven lies approximately 390 feet southeast of the center of Negaunee (Google Maps). This is where you will find the remains of what was once a booming small town neighborhood, which now “booms” with the transformation that is accredited to nature itself. In the early 1940’s nearly half of the city of Negaunee was closed off due to the extensive underground mining. The town was forced to relocate because of the risk of caving. Luckily for us, the former caving grounds have been deemed safe for the public and re-opened in recent years (City of Negaunee). This is quite obviously appealing to the history buffs, but more importantly to those that believe that nature has a mysterious and whimsical voice. Thankfully, we have many people here that get a buzz from the way the world speaks. While walking in to my naturalistic solace and playground, I tried to look at it with a new eye. Instead of just finding peace in the journey of falling leaves and comfort in the swaying branches, I attempted to observe in detail. The very first thing I noticed as I walked past a long staircase to nowhere, was that a small squirrel was perched on the lowest branch of the tree nearest me. I slowly knelt down...
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