Nature vs Nurture?

What is Nature vs Nurture?

It has been reported that the use of the terms “nature” and “nurture” as a convenient catch-phrase for the roles of heredity and environment in human development can be traced back to 13th century France. Some scientists think that people behave as they do according to genetic predispositions or even “animal instincts.” This is known as the “nature” theory of human behavior. Other scientists believe that people think and behave in certain ways because they are taught to do so. This is known as the “nurture” theory of human behavior.

http://genealogy.about.com/cs/geneticgenealogy/a/nature_nurture.htm

1. Without nature, there is nothing to view. We have only land.

2. Nature is a beautiful thing—more time should be taken to see it AND enjoy it, if possible.

3. Nature cannot exsist without a helping hand from God.

1. Without parents or a figure to “look up to,” one never knows the meaning of nurture.

2. How we are determines how we pass on our nurturing abilities.

3. “Nurture strength to shield you in times of sudden misfortune” (“Desderata”–a poem). Expand on that.

Nurture:

1. Feral children (raised in the wilderness apart from human contact) do not develop language or lose the language ability they had acquired.

2. Genetic twins (biologically identical in every way) become very different from each other when raised in different environments.

3. Adopted children develop abilities similar to those of their adopted parents.

Sorry, you’ll have to do your own homework on this one. Have you tried putting nurture vs nature in a search engine? Have you read any books on the topic? There’s lots of information out there.