Nature And Nurture Role In Human Development

For many years there has been an ongoing debate whether it is nature or nurture that plays a greater role in human development and behaviors. The pro-nature perspective is the more scientific theory meaning that our genetics we inherit make us who we are. On the other hand, the pro-nurture perspective contends that social factors and the surrounding environment play the deciding role. This controversial subject is one of the oldest arguments in psychology due to the abundant information that supports both sides. However, nature can only go so far because of the fact it is unalterable while nurture continues to change and influence us over the course of our life. Overall, nurture mostly influences behavior and human development through the surroundings
It has always been assumed that two siblings raised in the same household were undergoing the same environment, however, they both may have completely opposite experiences. For example, when children of different ages are raised in the same surroundings as each other with the same parental influences, the nurture will have unlike results. Many things backup why this is like peer influences, teachers, sports, extra curricular activities. Also, if I child develops a disability or is struck with a illness, it will definitely shape them into more of a different person than the person that was unaffected. Unshared environments are very much factors of nurture but they have been unnoticed for quite a while now because they are linked with genetic factors. A child born shy will automatically create different reactions than a outgoing child, therefor creating a completely different perspective on what may seem like the same environment. Every person has developed there own personality, behavior, intelligence, actions, and feelings, which they have learned from their environment- shared and