Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Nature Vs Nurture

The nature nurture debate agues over whether a humans behaviour is caused by inherited genes (genetic) or acquired during development (learning from your environment).
Nature is that which is inherited / genetic.                                                                                  Nurture which refers to all environmental influences.



Here are some examples where the theory can be argued:

Lee Rigby Murder





Although Adebowale had a difficult upbringing being a son to a young mother and being involved in gangs in south-east London, I believe that to kill someone you have to have a certain chemical instinct built into you which could be due to inheritance or mutation during conception. Adebowale made the decision to kill Lee Rigby. He wasn't forced into it, he had a reason which he believed at the time was acceptable. "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"

James Bulger Case






In this case, I believe it was nurture that caused the boys to do what they did. I completely blame the bringing of the children for this case. Both Venables and Thompson had been subjected to dysfunction, poverty, alcoholism, marital breakdown, neglect and bullying at home and in school. The boys were also shown violent and pornographic content from a young age, which was recreated in the killing. Without an adult knowledge of these subjects the boys would not have been capable of carrying out such an act. They are extremely young, damaged children. 

Beth Thomas




I believe Beth Thomas is also an example of nurture. Beth also suffered an abusive childhood. At the age of just one her father had severely physically and sexually abused her which Beth clearly remembers and replicates in her everyday behaviour age 6. When Beth was first adopted she seemed like a normal child and her problems developed with age. It is also known that Beth recovered and stop behaving in the way she had done after intensive therapy. If she had been this way genetically she would've taken far far longer or may even wouldn't have been able to recover. 


Daniel Kish 













http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kish



Daniel Kish is also another example of nurture. If Daniel had been told that he couldn't do certain things because he was blind, he would've believed them. If he was told he couldn't make the clicking sound to echolocate he wouldn't be able see in the way he claims to.

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