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Post by Kaitlyn Root on Oct 23, 2014 0:24:22 GMT
In the debate of nature versus nurture there are many factors to take into consideration. Nature is not something we can change so as humans we must learn to cope with these problems which are permanent (an example would be something like a rare blood disease). Dealing with these problems is where nurture comes in, thus I believe that nurture is more important because it can be used to help with things that are unchangeable. Nurture also can drastically change a person: unloving, absent parents may yield a attention seeking child who acts out with violence. On the other hand, a loving relationship can cure a person of depression. The variety of things that nurture effect is incalculable.
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Post by gmearns on Oct 23, 2014 1:01:50 GMT
I agree completely with your stance on nurture, but in my opinion nature plays an equal role. A person's race or gender can have as great of an affect on someone as how someone acts. Though this is not something are society should be proud of, we have an inherent nature to stereotype people based on their race and gender. Due to things like gender, women in the U.S. are paid substantially less because of their nature and not their nurture or personality. Moreover, hispanic males are paid about 66 cents for every dollar their white male counterparts make. (Source: www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0882775.html) Though most people would agree that is not how the world should be, sadly that is how the world is.
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Post by etana on Oct 23, 2014 2:48:40 GMT
I would say that nature plays an even more important role than nurture in the sense that nurture can't really change how people react to you. Like Mearns said, we habitually stereotype people based on their skin color. How aggressively people react to these reactions is quite often the product of one's nature, not how their parents raised them. If a child grows up in a home where the parents yell often, they may grow up to be a yeller also -- blaming it on their parent's behavior -- or shut down upon being confronted -- blaming it on their intolerance for yelling based on hatred towards the parent behavior. Dick and Perry were more unfortunate in the reactive genes their parents gave them and the masculine role society impressed upon them than unloving or chaotic childhoods. In terms of nurture being able to "cure" what nature cursed us with, that usually doesn't last. We either end up chemically altering one's nature, or they find an unhealthy alternative.
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Post by 16carnohanc on Oct 23, 2014 11:17:33 GMT
Personally I agree with nature being more important because conditions in which children are raised can alter a child's emotions. I believe nature has some influence but nuture is more influential and can affect someone more. Parenting or the lack of can leave damaging or promising memories on an individual and leads to they're personal parenting influenced from personal experience.
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Post by jaback1 on Oct 23, 2014 12:25:19 GMT
I agree with Corrine, as to how you are raised affects how you raise your own. Sometimes you will do the same thing your parents did to you, whether it be positive or negative, but some may do the opposite out of spite. I feel that nature plays some role, but not as largely as that of nurture. There have been many studies on this topic, often featuring the separation of twins and raising them differently. Each study seems to arise more questions and differences, some supporting nurture, other supporting nature. It is truly impossible to say for sure if one is more important in development than the other, but in my own personal opinion, I believe nurture is the more important developmental factor.
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Post by brian on Oct 23, 2014 23:11:38 GMT
I agree with those who say nurture is more important than nature. While we may be judged by how we look, the way we react to problems stems from the precedents that were established by our parents. When someone insults or confronts you the reaction to this issue comes from watching how your parents deal with the same problem. Just because someone is a certain race or gender doesn't mean that you can assume that they will react to a situation in a certain way. It all depends on how they were raised. It is nurture rather than nature that dictates how someone will respond.
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