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A 3 page research paper/essay that examines the nature v. nurture debate and argues in favor of nurture. The "nature versus nurture" debate has been going on now for over a century, as it began in the nineteenth century when a cousin of Charles Darwin, Francis Galton, came up with the idea of "improving" the human race through "selective breeding" (Hogenboom 1402). Since that time the pendulum has swung back and forth with either "nature" (that is, the influence of inherited traits) or "nurture" (the influence of the environment) being predominant among scholars. However, considering the latest research, the indications are that nurture is more important than nature in making us who and what we are. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Francis Galton, came up with the idea of "improving" the human race through "selective breeding" (Hogenboom 1402). Since that time the pendulum has swung back and forth with either "nature"
(that is, the influence of inherited traits) or "nurture" (the influence of the environment) being predominant among scholars. However, considering the latest research, the indications are that nurture is more
important than nature in making us who and what we are. First of all, in his book Genius Explained, psychologist Michael Howe makes a persuasive argument, drawing on a
plethora of data, that genius does not occur because of some "mysterious, magical, undefined special innate gift" but rather is the result of extremely hard work and determined effort (Essex
559). To the question of whether or not genius is innate, that is, if someone is simply born a genius, Howe answers an unequivocal "no." This book shows that sophisticated
inborn capacities simply do not exist and concludes that the "difference between creative problem-solvers and ordinary people lies far more in the degree of effort rather than in the presence
or absence of any innate ability" (Essex 559). Even more convincing of this argument are accounts that relate the latest in empirical research. Matt Ridley, among others, points out
in his book Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes US Human, that to see human development as ruled only by genes, which are carried by DNA, is too
simplistic a scenario (Hogenboom 1402). The latest studies show that the manner in which genes are expressed is regulated by "promoter genes," that is, they can be turned on and
off by environmental factors (Hogenboom 1402). Scientists, such as Darlene Francis of Emory University, have been breeding lab mice and have two distinct strains. Geneticists who study these mice
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