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    the Institute of Psychiatry in London says that "individual differences in complex traits are due at least as much to environmental influences as they are to genetic influences" (qtd. in Young). This is‚ in essence‚ a modern-day battle of nature versus nurture. In Mary Shelley ’s Frankenstein the conflict is perfectly encapsulated in the character of the monster; is he inherently evil and bloodthirsty‚ or did harsh societal treatment force him to be that way? It is an age-old question‚ still yet

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    something that can be changed because it is something that is a person is born with. Nature refers to the basic or inherent features and qualities of someone. It also refers to our genetic makings and how we are born with characteristics that we cannot changer. For example‚ when a person is born with grey eyes‚ they cannot change their eye colour as it is something natural that is impossible to change. Whereas nurture is the environment around us that can influence our upbringing and it is the society

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    of nature versus nurture. Ones immediate surroundings define who they become later on in life. The environment plays a huge role in the development of humanity through cultivating personality‚ character‚ beliefs‚ and many different aspects in a person’s life. Different environmental influences provide for a variety of people. In terms of the literary selection Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ the author’s view on Nature vs. Nurture is that the development of an individual revolves around nature.

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    Frankenstein Nature vs. Nurture Society tends to view those who are good looking in a positive way; those who are less pleasant to the eye are immediately judged in a negative way. This is the mistake Victor Frankenstein and those around him make upon witnessing the creature created by Frankenstein. The question here is‚ why does the monster react the way he does to humans? He was not raised to learn how to act in a proper society and he is constantly rejected by people that actually mean something

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    Annotated Bibliography Bibliography Study: Same number of Americans Out of Work as Amnesty Bill would Bring. (2013) Tea party. Retrieved from http://www.teaparty.org This article talks about how a study in which the same number of immigrant workers would be brought to America is equal to the number of American’s who are unemployed. Immigration and Crime: Assessing a conflicted Issue (2009) Center for Immigration Studies. Retrieved from http://cis.org/ImmigrantCrime These studies shows how much of

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    The nature versus nurture debate: The nature versus nurture debate was founded by Francis Galton in the 19th century. It basically states that all of your attributes are either hereditary or environmentally. There are many theories that have challenges the nature versus nurture theory. For example; some of the theories state that there are different kinds of attributes such as life experiences‚ how our parents raise us‚ what we are taught at school and our cultural backgrounds. It is obvious that

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    There is a big controversy between whether inherited genes or the environment influences and effects our personality‚ development‚ behavior‚ intelligence and ability. This controversy is most often recognized as the nature verses nurture conflict. Some people believe that it is strictly genes that effect our ways of life‚ others believe that it is the environment that effects us‚ and some believe that both of these influence us. Either way‚ social scientists have been struggling for centuries deciding

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    Deviance: Nature vs. Nurture Every society has developed their own rules and principles‚ and every society contains those who break away from these norms and expectations. These people are called deviants. All societies throughout history have had these deviants who refuse to follow the rules set up by the community in which they live. Deviance is necessary‚ to some degree‚ for societies to advance. Without deviance‚ human culture would stagnate. The causes of deviance‚ like many

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    The argument of nature vs. nurture has been argued for thousands of years on whether someone’s future is determined by how they are raised or their DNA coding. As we read through Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ we see the Creature being created and exploring life‚ he turns for the worse towards the middle of the novel and the problems keep piling up. The cruel treatment received from the world throughout the novel is what makes the Creature turn against society. In the beginning of the novel when

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    self-governed activity in relation to the world (Bruner‚ 1990; Gardner‚ 1985). Considering this‚ it is difficult to understand that scientists rarely consider the role of the human being in his or her own intellectual development. The ongoing nature vs. nurture debate moves back and forth regularly from claims of inherited linguistic and mental processing abilities (internal factors)‚ to confirmation of environmentally affected behaviours and ideas (external factors). This essay will argue that intelligence

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