Nurture vs Nature

is interesting to see this topic focused on what is nurture and nature, as we discussed in class these terms are different and we will see some examples below and more deeply examples of what determines each one...

Nature refers to the inherited traits or the genetic composition of an individual while...

Nurture refers to the environmental influences which mold the person's behavior.

So Nurture refers to the environmental conditions and supports that influence development. For example:
 A plant needs sunlight, water, and the proper temperature to grow—and it helps if someone pulls the     surrounding weeds and adds fertilizer. Children also need to be nurtured: they need love and support from parents, siblings, extended family, teachers, peers, and other people important in their lives

Throughout history, philosophers and scientists have debated the relative roles of nature and nurture. John Watson, a renowned American psychologist of the early twentieth century, was a strong proponent of the nurture school. He wrote:

Give me a dozen healthy infants, well formed, and my own specified world to bring them up and I'll guarantee to take anyone at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select—doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggarman and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and ancestors (1930/1924, p. 104).
Watson argued that experience and learning—nurture—determined what children would become. But other researchers have disagreed, pointing out that characteristics such as personality are determined more by genetics (nature) than by nurture. Today, however, developmental scientists understand that nature and nurture work together and it is impossible to distinguish their separate effects (Lerner, 2006; Rutter, 2002). Rather than arguing about which one is most important, we are interested in learning exactly how the two factors interact with each other. The interacting effects of nature and nurture are evident in the field of behavior genetics.


Although that psychologists and sociologists have been arguing this for years. The nature argument is that we are born the way we are and genetics determine everything. The nurture argument is when outside influence such as society determine who you are. Most people have come to the conclusion that both influence the outcome of what a person is...

HERE ITS AN INTERESTING ARTICLE ABOUT NUTURE AND NATURE FROM IDENTCAL TWINS

http://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/01/books/nature-vs-nurture-a-natural-experiment.html?pagewanted=all