Nature-Nurture

The Nature-Nurture argument is an ongoing debate whether behavior traits such as homosexuality, as seen in the video above, are due to your nature, or the psychological makeup in your brain that dictates your behavior, or nurture, the way that you were raised and brought up. Developmental Psychology has done experiments on people and have observed people as they develop, looking for clues or anything that can help them identify causes for behavior, whether it is because of the way that one is raised, or the way that one is born. Twin studies have been made to test whether the way that people are brought up, affect their personalities. Fascinatingly, it has been found that Identical Twins, which are those developed from a single egg, and have been separated at birth have more in common than the usual. It is not to relevant whether Fraternal Twins have a similarity in twin studies. This research shows that there is more to behavior than the way that one is raised because in these twin studies, each twin had a completely different environment and a completely different way of life; Yet, they shared many characteristics and followed a similar life style. Although twin studies have proven that nature provides a huge amount of difference in people's behaviors, they showed that the environment also plays a vital role in identifying one's self. This is called Interaction; when one factor depends on another factor. This could possibly mean that the reason that environment shapes people is the tendency for them to be shaped into a specific something, favoring the nature side. Other studies have shown that people's temperament, behavior,and personality differ based on the area that they live in. For example; if you live in a very diverse area with a lot of people and social connections, it is likely for you to not be as judging of other people and other cultures as if you lived in another area. This could also affect your personality due to the different cultures that you are living with. This debate is ever-lasting and filled with new discoveries.