Nature vs. Nurture Noah Heller, Johnathan Manley, Thalia Jimenez, Roberto Aguilar, and Erika Hernandez

2 What is "Nature vs. Nurture"  Nature versus nurture" is a psychology term related to whether heredity or the environment most impacts human psychological development (behavior, habits, intelligence, personality, sexuality, aggressive tendencies, and so on).

3 Nature  In the "nature vs nurture" debate, nature refers to an individual's innate qualities (nativism). Example: Nature is your genes. The physical and Personality traits determined by your genes stay the same irrespective of where you were born and raised. Factors: Biological and Family

4 Nurture  In the "nature vs nurture" debate, nurture refers to personal experiences (i.e. empiricism or behaviorism).  Example: Nurture refers to your childhood, or how you were brought up. Someone could be born with genes to give them a normal height, but be malnourished in childhood, resulting in stunted growth and a failure to develop as expected.  Factors : Environmental and Social

5 Our Five Questions 1. "Do you believe criminals are made by Nature?" - Roberto 2. "Which do you think make up a person the most based on their personality, Nature or Nurture?" - Noah 3. " Is the out come of a child's behavior caused by their parents, parenting skills Nature or Nurture?" - Jonathan 4. "Is Religion Nature or Nurture?" - Thalia 5. "What is more Influential, Nature or Nurture?" - Erika

7/3/2015 Questions and Graph 1. "Do you believe criminals are made by Nature?" - Roberto 2. "Which do you think make up a person the most based on their personality, Nature or Nurture?" - Noah 3. " Is the out come of a child's behavior caused by their parents, parenting skills Nature or Nurture?" - Jonathan 4. "Is Religion Nature or Nurture?" - Thalia 5. "What is more Influential, Nature or Nurture?" - Erika

7/3/2015 Our Conclusion After our Studies... I.We have found Criminals can be Born that way. II.Nature and Nurture tend to have equal participation in Personalitys. III.Parenting skills will almost always play a role in a Childs Behavior IV. Humans are hardwired to believe in something they can't perceive, weather that be God, or some other concept they have no direct experience with. People are more likely to believe something if their parents, friends and peers do as well, and if they've heard about it from a young age. V.In many Cases it is always equal.