Reaction Paper On Nature Vs Nurture

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In the movie, I saw the twins, Sly and Witt were shocked as they didn’t not recognize each other when they saw that they looked very much alike. When, Dr. Kinder found out that Sly was exchanged to Witt, she rejoiced as she can prove her theory right, the twin progress comparative experimentation. Which means one of the twins being raised up in the different environment and to see what are the difference of these twins, as they grow in the different environment. In a Research in Genes, Teeth and Faces by Grant C Townsend, Sandra K Pinkerton, James R Rogers, Michelle R. Bockmann and Toby E Hughes School of Dentistry, The University of Adelaide Published in Adelaide by University of Adelaide Press. A leading figure in this debate was Sir Francis Galton He expressed his understanding of the phrase in these words: The phrase ‘nature versus nurture’ is a convenient jingle of words, for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable elements of which personality is composed. Nature is all that a man brings with himself into the world; nurture is every influence from without that affects him after his birth. The distinction is clear: the one produces the infant such as what it is actually, including its latent faculties of growth of body and mind; the other affords the environment amid which…show more content…
Hart says by focusing on twins specifically, psychological scientists can tease out the difference between nature and nurture. To do this, scientists compare identical twins, who have nearly the same DNA, with fraternal twins, who generally only share about half of their DNA. The researchers found that ADHD behaviours, reading achievement, and math achievement were all influenced by the same genetic influences. Although common genetic influences are a typical result from twin studies but what the actual environmental influences are not

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