Nature/ Nurture Debate: The Development of Self
The University of Guyana
Turkeyen Campus
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Government and International Affairs
POL 2102- The Rise & Development of Political Traditions
2012/2013, Semester 1
Question 4: Critically discuss the role of nature and nurture in the development of self.
How do the concepts interplay in shaping human behavior?
Tristanna Gouveia
11/0852/0371
November 26, 2012.
Table of Contents
Abstract
The discipline of Philosophy accommodates the analysis of the underlying principles of being, knowledge and conduct; across the analytic-continental divide, with the intent of improving and reconstituting it . Decades of research have focused on the influence of nature or nurture on the development of self, producing biological, environmental and existential explanations . This research utilized theories of Positivism, Social Action theory and Phenomenology to analyze and make conclusions. The subject matter focused on why nature, nurture or consciousness, do not independently produce individuals and the importance of the three in understanding personality. Personality consists of the stable of qualities and conducts that constitute an individual’s character, which distinguishes individuals. Therefore, personality traits would include negative and positive attitudes; for instance egoism and altruism, value for intellectual advancement or disregard for it, or whether he is she is a pessimist or an optimist. Continual experiments into the understanding of human nature emphasize its importance to the synthesis of the Macrostructure of society (Wallace, 1961).
The Role of Nature and Nurture in the Development of Self.
How these concepts interplay to shape human behaviour. The Nature-Nurture debate can be traced back to deliberations among the Sophists whose focus was on the relation between the individual and society, the eighteenth century Enlightenment and Francis Galton who is credited coining the phrase ‘nature
Turkeyen Campus
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Government and International Affairs
POL 2102- The Rise & Development of Political Traditions
2012/2013, Semester 1
Question 4: Critically discuss the role of nature and nurture in the development of self.
How do the concepts interplay in shaping human behavior?
Tristanna Gouveia
11/0852/0371
November 26, 2012.
Table of Contents
Abstract
The discipline of Philosophy accommodates the analysis of the underlying principles of being, knowledge and conduct; across the analytic-continental divide, with the intent of improving and reconstituting it . Decades of research have focused on the influence of nature or nurture on the development of self, producing biological, environmental and existential explanations . This research utilized theories of Positivism, Social Action theory and Phenomenology to analyze and make conclusions. The subject matter focused on why nature, nurture or consciousness, do not independently produce individuals and the importance of the three in understanding personality. Personality consists of the stable of qualities and conducts that constitute an individual’s character, which distinguishes individuals. Therefore, personality traits would include negative and positive attitudes; for instance egoism and altruism, value for intellectual advancement or disregard for it, or whether he is she is a pessimist or an optimist. Continual experiments into the understanding of human nature emphasize its importance to the synthesis of the Macrostructure of society (Wallace, 1961).
The Role of Nature and Nurture in the Development of Self.
How these concepts interplay to shape human behaviour. The Nature-Nurture debate can be traced back to deliberations among the Sophists whose focus was on the relation between the individual and society, the eighteenth century Enlightenment and Francis Galton who is credited coining the phrase ‘nature