NATURE
VS.
NURTURE
By: Nick Edwards and Brady
Jackson
Nurture
 Nurture is the environment has the biggest
affect on behavior.
 Behavior reflects their life experiences and
how they are raised.
 Its based on key events such as abuse tragic
deaths, whether they were brought up in a
broken family or a very close family, or a
positive or negative environment .
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Example
 If you were put down one day that would
most likely put you in a bad mood. Now
imagine if you were being put down everyday
by numerous people you would be very sad
and your personality maybe very cynical and
self conscious, but if everyday you were
greeted with compliments you would most
likely be very happy with a good out look on
life.
Studies
 They used twin studies where the twins were
separated at birth. They then studied to see if
they shared any of the same behavioral
similarities.
 They also did a lot of adoption studies where
children were raised in a different
environment from that which they were born.
Twin Studies
 Because identical twins share the same identical genes
they make ideal test subjects for the Nature vs. Nurture
debate.
 Some traits such as height and weight are thought to be
genetically determined, but others such as behavior and
intelligence are thought to be from the environment.
 If a person’s parents are of below average intelligence
but the child grows up in an environment where
education is valued, the child can grow up to be much
smarter than their parents. Another environment could
be sports or athletics are valued so the child could grow
up to be very physically fit unlike their obese parents.
Case study
 "It's not just our taste in music or books; it
goes beyond that. In her, I see the same basic
personality. And yet, eventually we had to
realize that we're different people with
different life histories."
 In the case of Paula and Elyse Nurture played
a huge role in who they were as individuals
even though genetics did play a significant
part.
Adoption Studies
 Adoption studies are useful to scientists
because if an adopted child share more
characteristics with their adopted family then
that would prove the significance of nurturing
vs. genetics.
case study
 Tim and Betsy are matts Adopted parents
 “Matt resembles his adoptive parents, Tim
and Betsy, in many certain ways.”
 “Matt is 17 and has many personality traits
the same as Tim. They both are very
hardworking. Matt is involved in many sports
and has worked really hard to get where he's
at by doing summer training sessions.”
Conclusion
 Both nature and nurture play a important role in our
personality's. We believe that Nurture plays a much more
important role in our personality's. We believe this based
on our research that you can nurture a child from the
moment they were born to have any sort of personality it
just depends on their environment. If you grow up in a
very relaxed and luxurious environment all your life you
may be very ignorant and not used to the stress of
everyday life of that of a person who lived a hard life
would had. They might be tough, cautious and have a
negative out look on life.
Nature vs. Nurture
nurturing
nature
wrong
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Work sited
 http://www.tree.com/health/twins-and-
genetic-adoption-studies.aspx
 http://www.ehow.com/info_8337653_twosides-nature-nurture-debate.html