Nature Vs. Nurture On Human Personality
Jeffrey Carruth
Gardiner
Psychology
7 September 2015 Nature vs Nurture One of the greatest moral philosophy and psychology debates is on the issue of nurture and nature as being the deciding factors of human behavior. One discussion point is that the environment of which a person grows up in is what primarily determines a persons behavior and personality. The opposing argument is that the genes and biology determine human personality. There is not a clear answer due to its scientific and philosophical nature. While both nature and nurture definitely have their affects on human personality, nurture has a much larger affect on people. The basis for this argument is the philosophical understanding of a blank slate, as well as the outcomes of child rearing and the fact that inherited genes have been mapped out completely. One of the modern philosophical basis for a nurture based personality was developed by John Locke in an essay he wrote on human interaction. The idea was called a blank slate or tabula rasa. The idea of the blank slate is that everyone is born with a blank head that contains no knowledge. However the Locke argued that the early mind …show more content…
One example is that permissive parents can cause children to be passive in personality and continue bad behavior because they were never told otherwise. These children can be seen all the time. Another example of child rearing causing changes in behavior is strict parenting. This causes children to be resistant as well as less responsive to the parent. Overall different parenting techniques have shown time again that the parenting can directly affect personality. It can be concluded from child rearing practices that the ever growing mind of a child and young adult is constantly being molded by its surroundings. A very present example of the young mind following its environment is the political alignment being similar to the parents political
Gardiner
Psychology
7 September 2015 Nature vs Nurture One of the greatest moral philosophy and psychology debates is on the issue of nurture and nature as being the deciding factors of human behavior. One discussion point is that the environment of which a person grows up in is what primarily determines a persons behavior and personality. The opposing argument is that the genes and biology determine human personality. There is not a clear answer due to its scientific and philosophical nature. While both nature and nurture definitely have their affects on human personality, nurture has a much larger affect on people. The basis for this argument is the philosophical understanding of a blank slate, as well as the outcomes of child rearing and the fact that inherited genes have been mapped out completely. One of the modern philosophical basis for a nurture based personality was developed by John Locke in an essay he wrote on human interaction. The idea was called a blank slate or tabula rasa. The idea of the blank slate is that everyone is born with a blank head that contains no knowledge. However the Locke argued that the early mind …show more content…
One example is that permissive parents can cause children to be passive in personality and continue bad behavior because they were never told otherwise. These children can be seen all the time. Another example of child rearing causing changes in behavior is strict parenting. This causes children to be resistant as well as less responsive to the parent. Overall different parenting techniques have shown time again that the parenting can directly affect personality. It can be concluded from child rearing practices that the ever growing mind of a child and young adult is constantly being molded by its surroundings. A very present example of the young mind following its environment is the political alignment being similar to the parents political