The Importance of Nature and Nurture

Discussion of nature and cultivation continued for centuries as it was difficult to distinguish human genetic and environmental factors. Research on behavioral genetics measured similarity between subjects, but could not determine its origin. To that end, we need controls to allow scientists to conduct double research. The same twins, unlike twin brothers, have the same DNA, similarity is only 50%, not as much as the average brothers. Identical twins provide natural experiments that enable researchers to separate genetic effects from experience (Segal 87).

Question 1: Which theory places more emphasis on the importance of nature than cultivation? Which theory holds a strong position and cultivation is more important than nature? Humanist's view believes that people have their natural abilities to determine their lives and control their behavior. Humanist's view emphasizes the natural desire of human beings to maximize their free will and their potential. Question 2: Which theory is related to the universality of development rather than personal diversity? The contextual view considers the relationship between the individual and the person's body, cognition, personality, and the social world. The ecological ecological approach highlights the importance of interrelationship of development areas and broad cultural factors in human development. Vygotsky's social and cultural theory emphasizes the central influence of social interaction among cultural members on cognitive development

One of the main controversies in cognitive development is "nature and cultivation". In other words, cognitive development depends mainly on the inherent characteristics of an individual ("nature") or personal experience ("cultivation"). However, most experts are aware that this is a wrong dichotomy. Overwhelming evidence from biology and behavioral science suggests that genetic activity interacts with events and experiences in the environment from the earliest stages of its occurrence.

Discussions between nature and nature and cultivation of cultivation are related to the relative importance of individual's innate traits and personal experiences in determining or causing differences in physical and behavioral characteristics. (Ridley, Matt. "The reason why you became you" Times magazine. May 25, 2003). Most people in all relevant fields have an opinion on which is more important, more natural, or more cultivated. Thomas Bouchard, director of Twins Research Group in Minnesota, believes in the following.

In the past, discussions on the relative contribution of nature and cultivation often take a one-sided approach, one party believes that nature plays the most important role, the other party makes it the most important cultivation I thought. Today, most experts are aware that both of these factors play an important role. Not only that, they also recognize that nature and child rearing interact in an important way throughout life. Do genetic or environmental factors have a major impact on your behavior? Do genetic traits or life experiences play a greater role in the formation of personality? Discussion on nature and cultivation is one of the oldest problems in psychology. This discussion focused on how genetic inheritance and environmental factors contributed to human development.