Nature is when a person is influenced by the inherited genes and nurture is when a person is influenced by the environment and surroundings. One example of nature would be, when a person has brown hair color naturally and he/she nurtures it by changing the color to black.
Clearly the black hair color was inherited by the parents, an example of nature and the newly adapted black color was the influence by the environment, an example of nurture. So nature and nurture are two very different things and it’s the person’s choice which one he wants to portray.The nature versus nurture debate has been ever controversial. There is no clear answer to the dispute; however, there are many hypotheses.
One of them is that, nature is the genetically inherited traits but nurture enhances it more and helps develop a person. This is the theory in which I believe in. A person inherits all he has, from his parents and then learns more from the environment around him. This is the complete and proper cycle of a person’s development.
Although both nature and nurture affect our lifestyle, the influence of one is usually greater than the other. This might vary from people to people, however. Some people might have been more influenced by nature and some might have been more influenced by nurture. The people who are influenced mainly by nature are the ones who chose to take their values from their parents.
The ones that are influenced by nurture are the people who usually take their trends from the environment around them.In my life, I have been influenced by both nature and nurture. However, I think nature has a greater affect on me. This is because I take all my decisions based on what I have learned from my parents.
I do mix up with the environment and sometimes you need to adjust in the environment by changing your personality. However, this is not the case with me. I take all my values from my parents and I believe that this is the right thing to do. Taking values from the environment is not a very good idea.
This is because you never know what you are adapting from the environment is going to be good or bad for your future.Nature really influences my life greatly. This is reflected by my own personality. If I go to a new place I am not overwhelmed by the environment and start adapting new things.
I know my values and stick to my own way of living. If all the people around me started doing something I don’t like then I will not do it. It is simple for me to make decisions in my life. I know what the difference between good or bad as I have learned from my parents.
It is also because nurture or the environment around me doesn’t fascinate me anymore. If one of my friends start smoking and he asks me to do it too. I will not do it, because I know it is not good for my health. Similarly if all the people around me start changing their hair colors and according to my values it is not a very good idea, I will stick to it.
I will not break the rules and guidelines I have built for myself by looking at my parents.So, basically it is a person’s choice to either adapt nature and nurture. No one will tell them or force them to make their opinion because it is “their” opinion. They have to think about it and make a selection.
Definitely everyone is not influenced by nature only or nurture only; there is a blend of both in every person. That is the same case with me. Certainly, I will learn things from the people in the environment around me but in my opinion I am more influenced by nature than nurture. I know, according to my values, what to pick and adapt from the environment and I will not adapt everything that all the people do, I have to make wise choices to succeed in life.
