Wednesday, 26 May 2010

the whole essay-annie

Topic-Nurture strongly influences early human development
Today, some people want to get the answer that whether the nature or nurture influence on early human development.And most of scientists believe that nature and nurture influence human development both. Nature and nurture are interactive influences, and it has great impact on people's trait, growths, even lives and values (Robert & John, 2007, P4). For the definition, nature refers to heredity from our parents, and nurture refers to the environment factors, and include social and phusical evnironment (AC content producer, 2005). However, there is still an argument. Some researchers may think the genes that play a strong role affect our development. Through many twin and adoption studies show how genes have a great impact on personality traits, but it doesn't mean that environmental factores or nurture has no effect on human development. Therefore I strongly agreed that nurture has more important influences and play a decisive role in early human development. This essay will describe the impact of the nurturem and then explain taht why nurture strongly influences early human development and what is its influence for people, I give some examples to prove my point of views. After that, from the opposite view, I will give some reasome explain that why nature and both of them interactive influences also very important in early human development. Finally, I will conclude my opinion.

The behaviorist Watson claim that new born babies can be trained into any type of person waht he wanted and ignore the heredity, such as physician, lawyer even thief, Watson denied the impact by genes and believed that can determine person's development through environment training, And many psychologists still supported this point of view today (Kenneth, 2004). Moreover, many scientists want to prove the influences of environmental factors on personality trait through twin studies and adoption studies. Thus, the scientists can get the results to prove the great impact from genes and enviornmrnt on huamn development. According the article, through the fraternal twins study (twins who share only 50% of their genes), the results those show the more impact from outside environment on developing personality trait when they were raised in the same environment. These determine factores
such as: different education, different outside life conditin and people around. Then they can become greatly defferent. Adoption studies are also a good example, children were adopted and lived with their siblings who are not share any genes. But the adopted children have a great impact with their adopted families (AC content producer, 2005). The influences may can from educated by biological parents and siblings' characters and attitudes influences.

Nurture has influenced on early human development via training, family and society. According the Watson's claims above, new babies can be change and turn into any kind of adult, and training and extra simulation can accelerate early human development. Furthermore, family and society are also are as and important part. The research shows that criminal behavior of an individual was influenced by environment factors, and this evidence has been being proved in a number of twins and adoption studies. If the person were raised a right envionment, then the chances of criminal or anti-behaviror would decrease (Caitlin, 2005). Another example from the divorce families, children who were raised a happiness family seems more successful, while children who live in a divorce family are at greater risk.

It can be argued that influences early human development. The earlier view of child development focused either on nature or nurture. Although some people agreed with intelligence was affected by environmental factores through the education, training and some others life-condition's influences, but the intelligence still directly influenced by genes. Through the twins studies, we can know that the identical twins were separated and raised in different envronment, but they still shared many similar trait for each other ( AC content producer, 2005). From another article, it point out that the most influence in personality is genetics, and many researchers believe that we are born with certain talents. The heredity factors determine who we are and what we become ( Theodore, 2004). Moreover, on the other side, the studies also show the interaction between nature and nurture ( or heredity and enviroment). For example, a child is born with a talent for music and expressed at an early age, and then the parents expose this talent and give more practices and good education, so that make his talent develops and grows. It is very clear explained that both the child's inherited talent and environment shaped his early human development.

Environment plays a very important role on human development, it can shape the person's skills, values, attitudes and identities. People can know who we are and who we want to be, these influences through by different personal experiences and behaviors (Ersin & Ruth & Peter R &Peter B, 2000). In my opinions, children can become any type of person regardless heredity through training. And environmental factors also have impact on personality trait. It is can be affected by education, life-condition or different people around. According the example above, nature offer people the born abilities and talent, but nurture offer people to develop their talent. Nurture can make person's character rechange. Therefore, I agreed with nurture more strongly influences early human development.

Reference
1 AC content producer ( Dec 16, 2005). The childhood nature vs nurture debate continues.
www.nurture-or-nature/articles/twinandadoption-studies/index.php
2 Robert K., John C. (2007), Human development: a life-span view. 5th. ed. p4, Wadworth press USA.
www.books.google.co.uk/books/humandevelopment-alifespan.htm
3 Kenneth D.,Johnson. (Apr 1, 2004) , nature and nurture: a biosocial perspective, how it looks today, pepperdine university, Malibu, California.
kj.wvr.net/introNN.pdf
4 Ersin K, Ruth W, Peter R.S, Peter B.S(2000), nature over nurture: temperament, personlity, and life span development. Journal of personlity and social psychology, University of Sussex.
www.psych.illinois.edu/broberts/McCrae/202000.pdf
5 Robert H, Divorce and children
www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/childrendivorce.html
6 Caitlin M (2005), Genetic and environmental influences on criminal behavior, Rochester Institute of Technology.
www.personalityresearch.org/papers/jones.html
7 Theodore M.(2004). personality disorders in modern life, published by John Wiley Inc, Hoboken New Jersey.P36
www.books.google.co.uk/books/personality-disorderinmodernlife.html
8 Genetic and environmental influences on human development
www.nios.ac.in/secpsycour/unit-11.pdf

1 comment:

  1. Good.
    What kind of heredity from parents is the nature part?
    Don't just say you will give your opinion.
    The conclusion is not explicity argued for.

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