Is it nurture or nature that makes a person who they are?

Question

I personally believe its nurture.

Answer 1

My money is on both. I'm watching a youngest child in a family of 5 (2 adults, 3 kids) who has shown sociopathic tendancies since he was 3. This is a model family, loving parents, nice home enviornment, older sisters are caring, smart, and well adjusted. The boy though..... he's 8 now and his family all thinks he's every bit as sweet and well adjusted as his sisters, but when they're all not around to see him, he lets his ugly side surface real fast. Soon as they reappear, he's all smiles and hugs. Scary little sh*t. They'd probably never speak to me again if I told them what I suspect about him, so I keep it to myself, but he certainly didn't get that behavior from how he was raised. In his case I think nuture is keeping him in check... in a bad home environment I think he'd be out killing the neighborhood strays by now.

Answer 2

I suspect you're not a parent. Kids come out of the womb so different. I would hope that nurture can influence the course of their developmet, but the inborn pattern is there to begin with.

After having a child with many challenges and trying to follow all the advice out there to have a "normal" child, eventually you realize you have to use different strategies to nurture your child than the typical parent. So I think the nurture you give your child has to be tailored for the person he or she already is.

Answer 3

Sm how its both but the way ur nurtured shapes ur nature i.e the environment u lived in,ur parents,ur friends,n ur living conditions
As the place n time u r/were in makes u unique but if slightest of it changes ur present/future would never be the same....so its nurture till an age when u start understanding things with the experience u have gained till then n after that ur nature

Answer 4

Both. A malleable person, for example, someone who is young is going to be influenced by what he or she sees. Some, more than others. People with more experience generally compare what they see with their own experiences.

Ultimately, we make choices. Two people in the same environment will not necessarily make the same choices, but raising a child in a bad environment may well encourage him or her to make bad choices.

Answer 5

someone isn't stable or evil, in undemanding terms their moves. With little ones, i think of that is what they study from others. now and lower back the mum and dad do not prepare them suitable from incorrect, yet even in a foul relatives, they might study from different beneficial sources jointly with instructors. they might additionally fall in with the incorrect crowd at a youthful age no remember how nicely their mom and dad attempt to enhance them. There at the instant are not the style of issues as evil genes, and attempting to blame the ills of the international on a political occasion or a faith different than yours is only undeniable ignorant and ridiculous.

Answer 6

Our natures are nurtured to make us who we are.

Answer 7

I believe it is a combination of the two

Answer 8

I believe it's the combination of the two.

Answer 9

I don't think it is an either/or scenario. People's behavioral patterns are more complex than that and their genetics are complex as well. When you mix the two, the interaction probably approaches chaotic levels of complexity.

Answer 10

i did an essay on this at uni but in regards to sexuality..... i think its a bit of both. i think part of it is innate but culture has a huge influence on the mind too.