Nature vs. Nurture

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Nature and Nurture Argument
Have you ever wondered where you got your different talents from? Where did you get your talent for singing or your skill for playing certain sports? Were these things taught to you by your parents or was it predetermined by your genes? It is understood clearly that eye color and are physical characteristics and are hereditary. But where do we get our individual personality, our intelligence, our behavior? For some it’s not clearly understood. The nature versus nurture issue is not new. In fact it has been around for ages, and scholars have still not concluded which of the two has a greater effect on a person. Nature, referring to heredity, is the belief of some scientists. “They think that people behave as they do according to genetic predispositions or even "animal instincts.” Are we born with our instincts? Some scientist has a different view of why we behave the way we do. The nurture is referring to the environment. In other words people think and behave in certain ways because they are taught to do so. These are two very reasonable explanations as to why we are the people we are today. Each view has been researched and each view is supported with good theories as to why nature or nurture is the important influence on us. History

The nature school of thought came to the forefront in the early to mid 20th century among European ethologists, such as Konrad Lorenz. Their studies emphasized the roles of instinct, fixed patterns of behavior, and the influence of evolution on behavior. Relying on the experiences he had with animals he reached a conclusion. His conclusion brought intensive political resistance from American psychologists. The American psychologists strongly agree on the nurture side of the nature-nurture argument. As we know animals behavior is instinctive and by their actions he arrived at the following conclusion: “of the role of aggression in shaping human and animal societies, generated substantial...
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