Are we a product of nurture or nature?
Does our environment shape who we are or are we just born to be a certain way?
shareYes.
shareI’ll put you down as a ‘both’ then 😉
shareWellllll, it depends which aspect of our 'product' we're discussing - but if we take something like psychopathy, it's pretty well-documented that there are both genetic and environmental factors involved in producing a psychopath. And it simply must be the same for a lot of less extreme products.
So, yeah, little from column A, little from column B. You can indeed put me down as 'both'.
*starts backing away slowly*
shareif we take something like psychopathy, it's pretty well-documented that there are both genetic and environmental factors involved in producing a psychopath.
https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/psychologists/what-is-the-nature-vs-nurture-psychology-debate-and-how-does-it-affect-me/
History Of Nature Vs. Nurture Debate Updated February 11, 2021
The nature vs. nurture psychology debate has been going on for thousands of years.
research continued to suggest that both were as equally important. Presently, the old nature vs. nurture debate is in deadlock, with both factor being as impactful.
How Twin Studies And Adoption Studies Have Changed The Debate
When researchers started conducting twin studies, the nature vs. nurture debate could be more accurately evaluated. Because identical twins share nearly all the same genetic information, the effects of their nurture were much more obvious. If their biology is the same, the differences must be due to their environment and learning. Adoptive siblings that are raised in the same environment, too, can give clues as to the role of nature in creating differences.
Twins that were raised apart still had similar IQs. On the contrary, children who were adopted by the same family with no genetic history in common were no more similar in IQ than children who had never even met each other. Therefore, it was concluded that IQ was largely determined by genetic factors.
Yet, the debate hasn't been completely settled
Another study found that of all the personality disorders recognized by the DSM-II-R, only antisocial personality (aka: psychopaths) seemed to be inherited
a third way to think of these issues. It's called the interactionist position. When you take this position, you recognize that both nature and nurture play a part in most psychological similarities and differences.
Most researchers recognize the contributions of both
Studies have consistently shown that adopted children show greater physical resemblance to their biological parents, rather than their adoptive parents.
Like adoption studies, twin studies support that psychological traits are extremely inheritable
The current school of thought is that nature and nurture are equally important and that both influence a person’s overall behavior and personality.
But they're also currently using a DSM V now instead of the DSM-II-R ...
DSM-5 - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5
>>The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), is the 2013 update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). In the United States, the DSM serves as the principal authority for psychiatric diagnoses share