Nature vs Nurture

http://psychology.about.com/od/nindex/g/nature-nurture.htm


The most common and will known debate between psychologists is nature vs nurture. Can a child inherit artistic skills or are they instilled in them as they get older? The talaent might have occured from a combination of genes and the environment they are in. A child will defiantly be more opt to play a muscial instrument if one ore both parents play an instrument. Then a child whose parents don't play an instrument.

Plato and Descartes both thought that people have certain things regardless of their envrionment. I partially agree with this statement. There are some things that just don't make sence if they are born with it. For example is a person gay or did something happen in their life that made them that way. Plato and Descartes were from years back and they were on the right track with this issue.

John Locke came up with the theory called Tabula Rasa. With this theory he is basically saying that we all start with a clean slate. Locke is suggesting that we all get our morals, talents, and intelligence from experience. Today most people believe that we become who we are from both. I think that we become who are from both. Psychologists have a long way to go before we fully understand genes and what role they play in to becoming who we are.