NATURE VERSUS NURTURE

The process of movement or change that starts at conception and lasts the entirety of a person's
life is known as human development. Therefore, it is a continuous lifetime process. Furthermore, human
development is complex the reason that is an outcome of biological, cognitive, and socio emotional
processes. Humans are complex beings, and probably the most intricate features of them are their
personalities and behavioral patterns. There are two main factors that affects human development these
are nature and nurture. Moreover, nature versus nurture have been a core issue in human development if
which of them has more influence. In behavioral psychology, the terms "nature" and "nurture" are used to
contrast a variety of characteristics. These inborn qualities are referred to as nature. Each person is born
with a unique set of abilities and traits. This feature is emphasized by nature. On the other hand, the
assumption of innate, hereditary features is untrue, as highlighted by nurture. This idea holds that human
conduct is not intrinsic but rather learned. The primary distinction between nature and nurture is this. One
of the basic tenets of behaviorism is that human behavior is a product of both nature and nurture.
According to behaviorists, nothing is innate; instead, everything is learned through interactions (Difference
Between Nature and Nurture, 2010). Nature and nurture are both very important in development. But of the
two, in human development, nurture has the most influence.

According to social learning theory, developing one’s identity is a learnt reaction to social stimuli.
Instead of focusing on the individual mind, it stresses the social framework of socialization. According to
this idea, a person’s identity is not the outcome of their unconscious but rather how they represent
themselves in response to the expectations of others. Attitudes and behaviors change as a result of
encouragement and reinforcement from those around us. Social learning theorists recognize the
significance of early experiences, but they also hold that other people’s actions and attitudes have a greater
influence on how one develops their identity. In accordance with Bandura’s Bobo doll experiment which
involves on introducing kids to two different adult models: a violent one and a non-violent one. Following
the observation of the adult's behavior, the kids would be put in a room without the model and watched to
see if they would replicate the actions they had earlier seen. Therefore, the experiment demonstrate that
aggressiveness is a learned behavior. This experiment demonstrates that nurture rather than nature has a
greater impact on human behavior. If our personalities are a product of our genes, they are traits that we
develop at a young age and carry with us for the rest of our lives. If they are caused by our environment,
though, our personalities may change over the course of our lives, and our experiences will have a bigger
impact on them. Human personalities and temperaments, according to studies, are influenced by both
genetics and our environment. While we may be born with some personality traits, there is still a chance
that we can acquire additional ones as we go through life (Gail, n.d.).In a study, Reinmar Hager and Jason
Wolf at the Faculty of Life Sciences together with their collaborator James Cheverud at St Louis
demonstrated how maternal environment can impact gene expression, affecting the body weight and
growth of young mice, even if they are unrelated to the ‘mother'. They have thus uncovered another way in
which the environment could influence how genes are expressed. The researchers, who concentrated on
genetic imprinting, showed that the environment has a significant impact on how imprinting affects mouse
body weight and growth (Nurture has greater effect than nature, says study, 2009). According to studies,
personality is influenced by our surroundings, interactions with people, and cultural development as
children. Overall, many psychologists are beginning to adopt the belief that all aspects of humans are
influenced by nature and nurture. In a similar vein, studies have found that children raised in foster homes
were more influenced by their foster parent’s child raising than by their genetics. Yes, our genes are
passed down through our families, but some research suggests they do not influence how we behave.
Personalities and people in general are too complex to be attributed to a single factor, and we are
influenced by a variety of factors within and outside of ourselves. This study is important because it
demonstrates how not only do genes and the environment interact, but also the impacts of epigenetics.
Humans are complex beings, which means that we each have unique characteristics that together make us
who and what we are.
 To conclude, nurture is more influential than nature but without nurture, neither nature nor nurture
can exist. Both our surroundings and we are influenced by each other. Because of this reciprocal cycle of
giving and receiving, we are equally products of both nature and nurture. While our nature serves as the
foundation for who we will become, nurturing is what actualizes that foundation in a person. Environment
where we grow up has a large impact on our development the reason that it can teach us or influence how
we behave, talk, socialize, and react/ respond to things. Nurture matters more because nurture can create
habits. Each of us has gone through a variety of experiences in life that have profoundly shaped who we
are. Through our experiences we learn new things and how we interpret it.