Nature and Nurture
Introduction
- In the article, that my colleagues and I were reading the upbringing, of an individual is dependent on two circumstances, such as the nature and nurture of an individual. In the chapter, the author would separate the two terms and use them to justify and explain why a person is one way. In his expert opinion, he states that the nurture of one’s life is more dominant than nature. In this presentation, we will deepen your understanding of nature and nurture and why someone is the way they are. Are they affected by the way they are raised? or by their environment? These questions, we will answer by the end of the presentation.
Before Continuing, Please take the time to look at these vocabulary words that will provide further insight into this psychological section:
nature: Refers to all of the genes and hereditary factors that influence who we are
nurture: Refers to all environmental variables that impact who we are. This includes our early childhood experiences, how we were raised, our social relationships, and our surrounding culture.
Summary of the Section
- Galton spoke about the gifted people in his family and how he believed that it had something to do with the family they were coming from. He conducted an experiment with his family tree and found more highly intelligible individuals came from certain families. But he couldn’t make this a general statement because everyone had different privileges growing up. Galton grew up wealthy, which is the reason why he was skilled to conduct this social experiment alone. Galton claimed that nature and nurture are forced to compete and that nature will always triumph. Galton argues that intelligence is inherited and should be “fostered” with education. Galton uses a phrase from John Locke’s theory of “Tabula rosa” and says that people who usually have a rebuttal to his argument use this theory. In the section, Galton doesn’t credit John Locke’s theory of Tabula rosa which brought some confusion and led to more research on the topic.
*the books separation of nature and nurture is explained in a graph that deepens one’s understanding in the two different terms.
This video further explains the nature and nurture of a human being…
https://youtu.be/XxfcaY86jpw
Addition Research on Galton:
According to the various websites we visited, Galton began to study medicine in his teen years. he also created a weather map we still use today even if it had its flaws. Galton received a gold medal from royal geographical society and in his spare time, he would study twins but made no real groundbreaking discovery. Additionally, to this, he also studied eugenics which is the science of improving human genetics by specific breeding. Lastly, Galton instituted a fingerprint classifying system that we still use today.
Questions for the audience:
Who: Who do you think is a controversial historical figure that people can argue that they were born or raised a certain way that can shape who they are today? Who were their parents and how did that affect the way he thought and was raised?
Example of nurture: Hitler
–What: What did he do?
–When: During what time period?
–Where: Where did his actions take place?
–How: How did his actions change the way people thought of him?
–Why: Why did you think he did it? Was he born that way or was he raised that way? Can that justify his actions?
Reference/research section: list source URLs below :
https://www.simplypsychology.org/naturevsnurture.html https://www.ukessays.com/essays/psychology/how-our-environment-affects-our-personality-psychology-essay.php
https://www.ukessays.com/essays/psychology/how-our-environment-affects-our-personality-psychology-essay.php