Depression is caused by neither nurture or nature alone. Historically, ideas have revolved around nurture, namely the environment, and upbringing of a person, and nature, the genetic makeup of an individual that is reflected in their personality and approach to life. It is possible to argue that nature plays a bigger part in this picture due the fact that almost everyone is faced with traumatic or stressful life events, but not everyone suffers from depression. This essay will evaluate both nurture
p. 2). Mental activity describes acquirement, storing, conversion, and use of the knowledge that take place during the cognition process. Cognition is important to other areas of psychology because people who are experiencing stress or general depression tend to recall memories in a summary way, meaning there is no real detail or extension to the memory. This often happened in the movie, as Will never really went into detail about his childhood outside of the most traumatic experiences that were
childhood, or are they born that way? There is conclusive evidence, using the nature vs. nurture idea and the Jim Fallon brain study, that one is made a killer, not born one. Using Ted Bundy as the subject, there will be a concise history of his life up until his execution, then psychopathic psychology will be used to determine what factors make up psychopaths, who is commonly a psychopath, and the nature vs. nurture idea to determine if they are genetically predisposed or if they are made one throughout
him to lack having a masculine father figure, leaving him with a predisposition vulnerability inevitably increasing his likelihood for dissociative identity disorder. The most common disorders that are developed with Diathesis-Stress Model include depression, anxiety and dissociative identity disorder. It’s even mentioned during conversations between Jack and Tyler that his father was never in the picture, which can surely affect him and the way he
Both Nature and Nurture “I don’t feel guilty for anything. I feel sorry for people who feel guilt.” This famous quote from the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy shows just how complex the mind of a serial killer is. There are so many questions that even scientists cannot answer. But the most important of them all is what makes a serial killer kill? Statistically, there is no evidence that links things that happen in childhood to becoming a serial killer. But, there is evidence saying that some serial