Chelsea Sanders
Park university
Abstract
The debate between nature versus nurture is dated back many years and like all other issues, seems like a never ending debate. Many researchers believe that nature as a bigger impact on child development and many also believe that nurture as the bigger impact on child development, or believe that both nature and nurture have an equal impact, but I argue that nurture as the largest impact on child development. There is a great amount of evidence supporting both sides on this debate. The paper reflects off of seven articles and all of the articles argue the concept of nature versus nurture. I believe that nature accounts for our genetics like skin color, height, eyes and more, but believe that nurture makes up the personality, behavior, humor, and even more and I will explain this throughout this paper.
Keywords: nature, nurture, genetics, environmental, behavior, personality
Nature versus nurture
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Onion Skin IDGladwell 2014)." Despite a person's genetics, nurture has the biggest impact because children develop and learn through the environment. Events that happen in early childhood can considerably affect a person's future. Although many researchers have argued that a child's behavior is more influenced by genetics, undoubtedly I believe the environment in which a child is raised has the largest impact on their development.
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