the influence of ‘nature’ and ‘nurture’ on intelligence. b. Cite (2) major proponents on this issue and examine their views According to the Websters’ online dictionary‚ intelligence is the ability to apply knowledge and to manipulate one’s environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria. The sources of this ‘ability’ have been the centre of controversial debate among scientists‚ psychologists‚ and educators. With nature (genetics) and or
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Nature arguments Nurture arguments Heredity: family and family members Sociocultural influences: lack of time spend with society. Genetic Disorder: frontal brain (extra dopamine release) Biological Effects: Intellectual Disability: Interaction with parents: Perinatal Impact: Argument: Every human has two types of phases in their life one is nature (that is when a person takes birth) and other nurture (in their development period) in this two periods their physical characteristics‚ mental
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Nature vs. Nurture Debate There is an issue that has been conferred upon by philosophers in the past and still so by scientists today. This issue is whether heredity or environment plays a greater role in the determining or shaping of an individual’s behavior. It is known as the nature versus nurture debate. Numerous generations before us have deliberated on the reasons behind the development of human behavior. There have been many theories formulated to explain why humans behave the way
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‘Nature trumps nurture’ Evaluate this statement in relation to intelligence The statement ‘nature trumps nurture’ is referring to the nature versus nurture debate that has been ongoing in psychology since its origin. The debate aims to examine to what extent human development is influenced by our genetic inheritance (nature) and by external environmental influences (nurture). One principle which is focussed on within this debate is intelligence‚ which often refers to IQ or established factor
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Risk of Catastrophe- Fukushima has joined Three Mile Island and Chernobyl in the vocabulary of dangerous nuclear mishaps. The explosion at Chernobyl’s nuclear plant in the Ukraine showed how nuclear energy could just as easily destroy us as it nurtures our everyday needs. While nuclear power would allow Singapore to achieve energy self sufficiency‚ the risks
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are self-aware and have “free will”‚ would you want someone to tell you how to live your life‚ what you can or cannot do to your body. The argument between Pro-life and Pro-choice people it a very long and heated topic that can and will question your morals to a high extent‚ Pro-life is mainly populated by highly religious people‚ while most Pro-choice supports the decision of the “mother” with it being health complications‚ economic difficulty‚ and mental stability. “The ability of a woman to have
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relative contribution of nature and nurture. In the physical‚ cognitive‚ and psycho-social domains how much of human development is dependant on nature? How much is dependant on nurture? Please address each domain separately‚ giving a percentage of each domain that can be attributed to nature and percentage attributed to nurture. Be sure to give sound reasoning for the percentages you chose for each of the the three domains. I have always found the debate of nature vs. nurture interesting. It is
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If a person displays masculine‚ feminine or androgynous behavior‚ then what determines this? The two main arguments are either gender is innate or it has been learnt. These two different perspectives represent a famous debate that occurs throughout psychology: the nature-nurture debate. The nature side of the debate states that gender is biological. This would explain the strong relationship between the person’s sex and their gender. The theory is that because each sex shares the same physiology
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pro choice In the hundred year argument of pro life vs pro choice there is one thing no one has even argued for. Everyone is trying to claw their way up to the top of the food chain. making the same arguments over and over again trying to seem as smart as possible without getting anything done. This is the stupidity of the American intellectual society. Before we even think about if it’s right or wrong to force to be mothers to take a child into this cruel world or to save the child’s individual
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Sociologists and psychologists both have different views on how much nature and nurture influences the human behaviour and identity. Sociologists tend to favour nurture over nature‚ while psychologists tend favour nature over nurture. The fact that both of these scholars tend to favoured one over the other through the ages has resulted in the constant recur of the nature verse nurture debate. This is a debate that explores the importance of biological (heredity) and cultural (Social environment)
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