Which is more important; Nature or Nurture in the development of a child?

Answer 1

I vote nurture, but there is no wrong answer here.
A child raised in the slums with barely a roof over his head has the potential to soar just as well as a student born with a silver spoon in their mouth. I believe that a person is mostly a culmination of all their experiences. How they respond to the world is based on previous events and their parents experiences and influence. I believe that a good parent can raise a strong, confident and successful child no matter what their home looks like. I also believe that an abusive parent can ruin even a child born in to the most promising of situations. That is why women who pay big bucks to be artificially inseminated by geniuses don't get to raise little genius babies.

Answer 2

Both nature and nurture are equally involved in the development of a child. As seen in the Minnesota Twin Study monozygotic twins (identical twins) reared apart still develop to be extremely similar in IQ, CPI, height and weight. This is because, contrary to what most of these answers are saying, things like parental rearing style (or nurture) don't actually have that much of an effect on development. In fact, this study found that nature and nurture contribute to development about 50/50. The similarities found in identical twins raised apart are a result of the genetic makeup of the twins, while the differences are a result of their own unique environmental experiences.

Chelsea
BA Psychology

Answer 3

I think it's more important to nurture a child and give it a sense of knowing that there is somebody there, mainly the mother is there to help them. To understand that the people close to the child are important and can help the child through life's difficulties. Nurturing will give the child good feelings from the people raising and growing up with the child and learn to develop a good relationship with these people. The child will understand when they see other people in need of help it would be better to try and be giving or offer advice then to abandon and ignore the person.

Answer 4

This is an age-old, classic question that has been researched and debated for many generations: Are people more influenced by their genetics (nature) or the environment in which they grow (nurture)?

The modern way of thinking in educational and developmental psychology is that both nature and nurture play important roles. Experts still do not agree which traits are more heavily influenced by genetics and which are more heavily influenced by environment.

My personal opinion, based on what I see in the world as well as what I've studied in books, is that people come into the world with some pre-programmed tendencies and predispositions (nature) but that the environment in which they grow will mold & shape & influence their development (nurture) in profound ways.

Answer 5

This is my opinion only, but I believe Nurture is most important in the development of a child.

Answer 6

At risk of being controversial, I'm going to suggest that when we say 'nature', we ought to be saying 'God'. When God is brought into the equation, everything changes (and usually for the better, except sometimes on this Yahoo! site) and when God begins to do the nurturing then the answer to your question become, "God plays the most important part in our psychological development." If God created us, then he created human psychology and knows how it functions best. That is why his advice (and commands) need to be respected. I will only give you one example here. Take God's command to set one day apart in seven, to make it special, as a day of rest (for our benefit entirely) and to turn our thoughts and words towards him. The French revolutionists tossed that aside and brought in a 10-day week. It was an unmitigated disaster and they had to go back to the tried and tested 7-day week. Look at the state of our Western civilisations today with the hallowed Market Forces demanding 7-day a week working and shops opening. How many frazzled, exhausted people are being sacrificed on the altar of Commerce? Are we more fully human by running ourselves ragged after material things, or are we being debased? Consider too that if that command is ignored, the remaining nine of the Ten Commandments cannot be understood, let alone carried out, because we will not 'hear' what they're saying to us. So, if we want to be balanced human beings, I recommend we bring God into the Nature-Nurture debate!

Answer 7

Nurture of a child. You can teach the child what and what not to do. The nature outside always changes and can be good and bad, so if you nurture the child right, he/she will know what's wrong and what's right.

Answer 8

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As an identical (zygotic) twin, my sister and I have the same genetic blueprint and, up until age 18, shared the same experiences and nurturing. As children, only our parents and brothers could tell us apart. At school, our marks were the same. We were top in English and bottom in Maths. Our music teacher entered us in a singing competition because our voices were so well matched. We also shared the same interests out of school. Our traits and abilities are still remarkably similar although some interesting physical differences have become manifest in recent years. Although sharing the same genetic blueprint AND being nurtured the same way, we are not clones. Our temperaments and interests are different in many ways. From age 18 we started to diverge - I was more independent, took risks and left home. It is my opinion that the psychological differences between us now are due to our life-style choices and resulting experiences. Some 10 years ago, our paths began to converge and we are now much closer emotionally and spiritually. My sister is in my dreams virtually every night. One night I was so worried about her I had to pray for her safety - next morning she suffered a heart attack (now fully recovered, thank God). Although we have changed physically, and our attitudes and actions differ, we still have similar interests and thought processes. Nature or Nurture? Both.

Answer 9

Nurture

Answer 10

While genetics does play a major role in a child's capacity to succeed, all the psychological research I have seen shows that nurturing makes the difference. A talented child only thrives in the environment where the talent is encouraged and developed.