Essential Question #2

[kaitlinhall]

When talking about one's personal development, nurture is most definitely the most important. According to simplypsychology.org, in psychology the debate between the nature and nurture is more concerned with the extent to which particular aspects of behavior are a product of either inherited (nature) or acquired (nurture) characteristics. This nurturing side of the debate and life, is better because you are always taught things, you are always learning something new, and behaviorism is a big part saying that all behavior is learned from the environment through conditioning. Meaning everything we learn is either seen or heard and we learn from those things. It could either be a good thing or a bad thing but either way we learn what is right and what is not through using our senses and our perception of life.

[justingoshorn]

I agree that nurture is the most important for the same reasons you do. We are constantly experiencing nurture, but we must be capable of recognizing these "acquired characteristics" and mold them into morally acceptable characteristics. This ideology is evident in the lives of Perry, one of the murderers, and Truman Capote, the author. Both faced similar hardships during childhood, but they molded these "acquired (nurture) characteristics" very differently. Perry accepted them completely and applied them into his adult life, resulting in a life long murder sentence. Whereas Capote recognized the negative nurture and developed it into a strong moral character, resulting in a prosperous life of success and wealth.