N ATURE V.S. N URTURE. SHIVANI MANGREE, LORENDA BEJAMIN, ALLAN BELGRAVE,TRAYVON TURNER. NaTure V.S. NurTure. TREYVON TURNER, SHIVANI MANGREE, LORENDA BENJAMIN, ALLAN BELGRAVE, & SULTHAN KHUN.

N A T U R E: The “Nature V.S. Nurture” issue has been discussed throughout history by philosophers and scientists who have debated the role of Biology in determining who we are as people. Nature refers to what people inherit. People who argue about the nature side believe that peoples traits and personality are primarily determined by their biological makeup. Its more dominant on the physical attributes like eye color, hair color, ear size, height,and other traits. One of the hottest issues against nature theory is that there may be an existing “Gay Gene”. Which explains that gays are actually born that way. Another issue is that the criminal acts, tendency to divorce and aggressive behavior causing abuse can be justified by the “Behavioral Genes” once researchers have proven their existence.

N URTURE : Nurture refers to environmental factors. Supporters of Nurture side say that the environment that we live in as well as our everyday experiences determine how we behave and think. This includes the use of conditioning in order to induce a new behavior to a child, or alter an unlikely behavior shown by the child. John Watson one of the strongest psychologist who propose environmental learning as a dominating side in the nature vs.. nurture debate, once said that he can be able to train a baby randomly chosen in a group of 12 infants, to become any type of specialist Watson wants. He stated that he could train him to be such regardless of the child's potentialities, talents and race.

T HE Q UESTIONS WE POLL STUDENTS ON : 1.Do you think people act a certain way because of who they are or because of the people they surround themselves with? A.) Yes, B.) No, C.) Neither, D.) Religion. 2.Do you think your traits, such as intelligence determined largely by Nature or Nurture? A.) Yes, B.) No, C.) Neither, D.) Religion. 3.Do you think you inherit your ability skills by? A.) Nature (Parents) B.) Nurture (Environment) C.) Both D.) Neither. 4.You get your behavior from ? A.) Nature B.) Nurture C.) Both D.) Neither. 5.Do you think that your raise by “Nature or Nurture”? A.) Yes B.) No C.) Neither D.) I’m not sure.

T HE POLLS CHART. ANSWER CHOICE A. (Nature) ANSWER CHOICE B. (Nurture) ANSWER CHOICE C. (Neither) ANSWER CHOICE D. (Religion)

C ONCLUSI ON / FINAL RESULTS : Based on the results of our polls it shows that for Question 1 that most students choose A. Yes, as an answer choice. For Question 2 it shows that students chose A. Yes, as an answer choice. For Question 3 it shows that most students chose A. Nature (Parents), as an answer choice. For Question 4 most students chose B. Nurture, as an answer choice. And lastly Question 5 statistics shows that most students choose C. neither as an answer choice. The results shows that the answer choice B. NUTURE seem to have the highest vote, leavening answer choice C. neither as the second to highest vote. Which shows that most students believe that how we get our characteristics personalities and the way we act or do things comes from nurture (ENVIRONMENT). which is the everyday experiences we face that shape up who we are and different things about ourselves.