Psychologists Prove That Nature Has a Greater Contribution on Our Human Behavior

Psychologists Prove That Nature Has a Greater Contribution on Our Human Behavior

The controversy of nature vs. nurture has been going on for many years, and a

decision has not yet been reached in which one is the most affective. Using the results of the countless tests done, everyday situations, and the twins experiment, I will prove that nature is a larger contributor to the outcome of our personalities than nurture.

Firstly, many psychologists and Universities, such as Oxford, conducted countless tests to determine which traits of our personalities seemed to be inherited, and which seemed to be developed from our own life experiences. For most of the traits measured, more than half the variation was found to be due to heredity. Among these traits were things such as leadership abilities, traditionalism, obedience or lack of, and surprisingly enough, the strict enforcement of rules. And not all the things tested were based on stature and parental ways. Some that tested out at least 50% due to heredity included a sense of well-being, zest for life; alienation; vulnerability or resistance to stress and fearfulness or risk-seeking. All these factors have to do directly with our personality. Our goals for achieving and future were another thing that tested out to be largely due to heredity and genes. The need to achieve, including ambition and inclination to work hard towards goals is an example of that. All these points simply prove that there are very many traits in our personality that are due solely to heredity, others only 50%, but either way, genes take a big role in our development.

Secondly, we can see just by observing ourselves just how much our parent's genes affect our decisions. No matter how much we fight it, our reactions to certain situations are very much like our parents, it can even explain our differences from other people.

Lastly,a person's sex influences on how that individual is going to be brought up in society. A good and simple example is; a little girl in what they wear. She is going to be dressed in nice dresses in feminine colors such as pink and purple. A young boy is not going to like dresses and will probably think that pink and purple are exclusive colors for girls. Why does the young boy think this? Because that's the way society has separated the physical portraits in how a little young girl and boy should look like. This is a perfect example of "Gender Role". This example supports the Nature theory. Nature is obviously something that cannot be changed. This is why certain things about our social behavior we cannot control. A person's physical appearance normally cannot be changed. Our physical portrait is important because it serves as part of what others think of us. How an individual is seen visually is important in society, this good example that supports