Undoubtedly, human beings are unique and complex creatures and their development is a complex process. It is this process that leads people to ask: Is a child's development influenced by genetics or their environment? This long debate has been at the forefront of psychology for countless decades now and is better known as “Nature vs. Nurture.” The continuing controversy over whether or not children develop their psychological characteristics on the basis of genetics (nature) or the way they are raised (nurture) has occupied the minds of psychologists for years. Through in-depth reading of experiments, studies and discussions, however, it is easy to convince oneself that nurture plays a much more important role in the development of a human being than nature. The “Nature vs. Nurture” argument can be traced back several millennia. In 350 BC, philosophers were asking the same question about human behavior. Plato and Aristotle were two philosophers who each had different opinions on the subject. On the one hand, Plato believed that knowledge and behavior were due to intrinsic factors, but that environmental factors still played a role in the equation. In contrast, Aristotle had different opinions. He believed in the idea of “Tabula Rasa”: the Blank Slate theory supported the educational side of the topic and proposed the idea that everyone is born with a “Tabula Rasa”, from the Latin “Blank Slate”. He proposed that “people learn and acquire ideas from external forces or the environment.” Was he right when he proposed that the mind is a blank slate and that it is our experiences that write on these blackboards? This theory concluded that as human beings we are born with a mind empty of ideas and at birth we have no knowledge or awareness of how we should behave... middle of the paper... as a result of having no interaction with other human beings , this child was not aware of any social qualities. From the example of feral children, we can reasonably deduce that socialization and education are key ingredients in a child's development. In 1874, Francis Galton said: “Nature is all that a man brings with him into the world; Education is every influence that affects him after his birth." The human body contains millions and millions of cells, and each of these cells contains hereditary information and DNA. However, there is no evidence that the information carried by these genes predetermines how we behave. I believe it is our life experiences and what we see and are told that shapes how we behave. Therefore, it seems to me that care plays a much more governing and dominant role in the development of a human being than in nature..
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