The nature vs nurture idea prevails in our society. In psychology we learned about how different behavioral sciences could either be described as nature or nurture. Nature is something that you are born with, it is natural, you don't have to think about it. Nurture on the other hand is something that we learn how to do, that is taught to us based on our society, and that we eventually won't have to think about. Society tends to affect mostly only nurture because nature we can't control, it's part of our genes, our family, and our biological making. When we are nurtured into something it may be something well practiced like playing a sport, an instrument, or even social skills. No one is just born a basketball star, a mini Beethoven, or a great public speaker, all of those things take talent. Yes, some people may be said to be "naturally talented" but that doesn't mean that it is natural to dribble a ball or strum a guitar. Some families for instance may all be good at one thing, but that is because it's in their genes, but even so this still takes nurture. In reality, the idea of being naturally talented is trash because talent is essentially just something we work hard at and eventually become skilled in.
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This reminds me of that book Outliers. We read the intro which was about that town Roseto - remember that? Well later in the book he talks about Bill Gates and Michael Jordan and others with prolific success, and his point is that besides the talent, they had to work hard at it and for a long time - 10,000 hrs is the number he uses. It is real interesting. You might like it.
ReplyDeletei love how you mention AP Psych in your post.. Go Breuer 3rd period!! and i completely agree with you that nurture is mostly what affects us. our nurture is derived for everything around us and our nature is our instincts.
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