Butler Assessment 1 Counselling Theories Doc
STUDENT DETAILS
ACAP Student ID: 226155
Name: Louise Butler
Course: Diploma of Counselling
ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Unit/Module: CHC8DO3V Counselling Theories
Educator: Gisela Grahner
Assessment Name: Short Answer Questions
Assessment Number: 1
Term & Year: Term 3, 2014
Word Count: 1200
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I declare that this assessment is my own work, based on my own personal research/study . I also declare that this assessment, nor parts of it, has not been previously submitted for any other unit/module or course, and that I have not copied in part or whole or otherwise plagiarised the work of another student and/or persons. I have read the ACAP Student Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct Policy and understand its implications.
I also declare, if this is a practical skills assessment, that a Client/Interviewee Consent Form has been read and signed by both parties, and where applicable parental consent has been obtained.
1. Explain the concept of nature versus nurture, using yourself as a case study to illustrate the theory.
Nature is your genes, your predispositions, your biology, which you have inherited from your parents and this cannot be influenced by the environment. Nurture is your environment, it is your parents, home, school, neighbourhood, society, and culture. This can be influenced. This concept argues that human development is the result of genetic inheritance or environmental influences (devonk11, 2013). It is hard to say what has had a greater influence on making me the person I am today. I am a shy introverted person and so was my mother, I cannot say whether I inherited this or learned this. I remember my mother telling me as a child that I was not good at maths because I ‘took after her’ and so I was never good at maths. I could have been predisposed to difficulty with numbers through genetics and my mother nurtured this idea. My father was an alcoholic and the side of nature would suggest that I would have an
ACAP Student ID: 226155
Name: Louise Butler
Course: Diploma of Counselling
ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Unit/Module: CHC8DO3V Counselling Theories
Educator: Gisela Grahner
Assessment Name: Short Answer Questions
Assessment Number: 1
Term & Year: Term 3, 2014
Word Count: 1200
DECLARATION
I declare that this assessment is my own work, based on my own personal research/study . I also declare that this assessment, nor parts of it, has not been previously submitted for any other unit/module or course, and that I have not copied in part or whole or otherwise plagiarised the work of another student and/or persons. I have read the ACAP Student Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct Policy and understand its implications.
I also declare, if this is a practical skills assessment, that a Client/Interviewee Consent Form has been read and signed by both parties, and where applicable parental consent has been obtained.
1. Explain the concept of nature versus nurture, using yourself as a case study to illustrate the theory.
Nature is your genes, your predispositions, your biology, which you have inherited from your parents and this cannot be influenced by the environment. Nurture is your environment, it is your parents, home, school, neighbourhood, society, and culture. This can be influenced. This concept argues that human development is the result of genetic inheritance or environmental influences (devonk11, 2013). It is hard to say what has had a greater influence on making me the person I am today. I am a shy introverted person and so was my mother, I cannot say whether I inherited this or learned this. I remember my mother telling me as a child that I was not good at maths because I ‘took after her’ and so I was never good at maths. I could have been predisposed to difficulty with numbers through genetics and my mother nurtured this idea. My father was an alcoholic and the side of nature would suggest that I would have an
References: Bee, H., & Boyd, D. (2012). Lifespan development (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Corey, G. (2013). Theory and practice of counselling and psychotherapy (9th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole. devonk11. (2011, February 8). Nature v. nurture debates documentary NHD 2011. [Video file]. Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJAB7OS4fXg Sigelman, C. K., & Rider, E. A. (2012). Life-span human development (7th ed.). Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Cengage Learning. Wright, L. (1997). Chapter 1. In Twins: Genes, environment and the mystery of identity (pp. 1-9). London: Weidenfled & Nicholson.