Nature_Vs._Nurture

Nature Vs. Nurture Nature vs. Nurture There is and has always been a large controversy over whether inherited genes or the environment influences and effects our personality, development, behavior, intelligence and ability. This controversy is most often recognized as the nature verses nurture conflict. Some people believe that it is strictly genes that affect our ways of life, others believe that it is the environment that affects us, and some believe that both of these influence our behavior. Either way, social scientists have been struggling for centuries deciding whether our personalities are born or made. Tests are done often on identical twins that were separated to see how they are each influenced by their separate environments. In the past twenty years, it has been discovered that there is a genetic component to every human trait and behavior. However, genetic influence on traits and behavior is partial because genetics account on average for half of the variation of most traits. Urie Bronfrenbrenner, who studies genetics, said, "It is not nature vs. nurture, but the interaction of nature and nurture that drives development. "Researchers are finding that the balance between genetic and environmental influences for certain traits change as people get older. Also, people may react people, behavior, genetic, genes, influenced, genetics, environment, because, way, traits, personality, one, influence, child, trait, researchers, parents, nurture, nature, life, leadership, influences, genetically, development, certain, been, ability, whether, role, others, found, experiences, environmental, controversy, called, believe