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201Personality in Terms Of Nature Nurture My mom has always compared me to my siblings and my siblings to one another but yet in a way we are nothing alike We all have different interests views jobs and are basically different in every way yet there's something so alike between us all I am interested in figuring out how I could be so alike to my siblings yet be so different Do i get all my personality trait from genetics from my parents and grandparents Or do I get my personality by who I hang out with and my activities All these questions circulate and make me want to understand how I am becoming me Nature in terms of personality is what traits one gets from genetics or heredity I Can see my parents traits in me in terms of learning My mom is a very slow learner and always struggled in school I have a lot of the same learning issues In terms of heredity I got a lot of traits from my dad He has awful knees that dislocate in which I inherited Also we have that same eyes and hair when he had hair On the other hand Nurture is traits one has from the environment they grew up in I get most of my nurture traits from my mom because I spend the most time with her
Traits like refusing help road rage and being highly independent because I do not trust other people are all things that stem from my environment The nurture traits I have picked up from my father throughout the years is all about history My dad is a big history fan which I am also and because of that I can very easily pick up historical information and remember it This history memory relates to nurture because my dad constantly is talk and watches programs about history around me To sum it all up from my parents I get a fair share of nurture and nature qualities Scientist are constantly debating over If nature or nurture is the reason for a person's personality A sample study on nurture was done on zebra finches at University of Exeter which proved that a zebra finches personality is because of nurturing as an infant Although this study is just of zebra finches it proves something important for the nurture argument that external factors play a huge role in the development of the mind The results of this study prove that non genetic transmission of behaviour is crucial for making up an zebra finches personality Nurturing also has beneficial health benefits to it according to Goodtherapy org If a person knows that heart disease or diabetes runs in their family they can decrease chances of having those by eating healthy and taking the time to exercise
Around 400 B C E people believed personality came from humors humors are 4 different types of body fluids The four types of body fluids were Yellow bile Blood Black bile and Phlegm When Sir Francis Galton came up with his theory centuries later he underwent a lot of criticism for his theory In the article on Medicinenet it talks about the impact both physically and mentally nurture and nature cause on a person It goes on to compare the health benefits and harsh effects either nature or nurturing on the body Interestingly enough a human body alters its own genes to protect itself from diseases Diseases that can be inherited and protect the brain from mental illness The article goes on and to explain the nurture factor stating Moreover researchers who study the brain have found overwhelming evidence that a person's genetic factors and his or her experiences guide and support brain development As a person grows into adulthood their brain makes new nerve cells These nerve cells have the power of changing intelligence connections throughout life