Nature Vs Nurture Debate

It is probably the most discussed and controversial topic in psychology, the “nature versus nurture” debate. It is a debate whether human behavior, attitude, and personalities is the result of biological/genetic factors (nature) or is it life experiences and what we learn/reflect from them (nurture). It is impossible to know for sure if it is nature or if it is nurture affects a person’s behavior more maybe it is a mix of both that decides or suggests an individual’s behavior. There also a possibility if neither nature or nurture affects the person’s behavior. In this paper of nature versus nurture debate it will consist of an overview of the topic and how it is used in psychology. It is believed that nature-nurture debate can be started back
Most of my social life is being around my friends, people who have influenced to be a better version of me, who have seen me in my up and down moments in my life. I do not talk with my parents nearly as much as friends. It can be said my points in my life where I watch my mom, dad, and grandmother and how they act and behave and what they have told me what I should do and what I should not do and why has definitely shaped me as a person. While meeting more and new people and people who are my closest friends and them being people who I want to be around with to help me grow as a person also impacts my life. If I was raised in a different environment or different parents I could have been totally different due to my environment and the stressors affecting me or I could have been exactly like my biological
While in cognitive psychology we can use the information we have gained in circumstances to make informed decision, the humanistic approach could be to love and accept that we can be everything or anything we want to be. In psychoanalysis, it can be stated the unconscious is what motivates people’s behavior and decision. In psychology the theory of nature vs nurture can be interpreted in many ways and psychologists or anyone in the psychology field are still trying to grasp this concept and trying to prove one or the other or claim there is a balance between both. Of course there are many subfields then those mentioned above everyone is dedicating their lives to understanding trying to understand. While teaching why people do what they do or researching it. There also those who try to help people trying to help people improve themselves and help deal with aspects that people want to change about themselves that they have experienced in their whether if its due to nature or nurture and if see if they can change it in any sort of