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This 5 page paper deals with the question of nurture versus nature, and gives brief
arguments for nurture being the leading cause in determining an individual's behavior and
consequent successes in life. Examples in the areas of health, medicine, and world events
are given. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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Is a persons nature determined by birth or is the innate personality, that way of interacting and reacting to the environmental changes and shifts, brought about and shaped by an
individuals exposure to his or her surroundings? Many have argued that personality is determined by nature. In other words, an individual is a product of his ancestry. However, a
school of thought that seems to present a better argument is that of nurture, or the idea that, though a person may be influenced by genetic tendencies, the decision to
be who this individual will be still lies in his or her ability to make a rational choice about his or her actions. This particular view has been proven with
both animal studies and in sociological studies in relation to both ethnic and gender playing some variant roles. One case in point is in the area of health. Cancer is
a biological nightmare to its victims. Unfortunately, until a cure is found, it will continue to wreak havoc as an environmental and physical fact for those who suffer from its
effects. However, new studies have shown, that while it may not be a cure for cancer, a person who is nurtured, and their personality kept in a positive light, can
extend their lives, and in some cases may even, in conjunction with available medicines, send the cancer into remission. Doctors call this the nurture factor and swear that it is
the one ingredient for success that they hope for in a patient. Many studies have demonstrated that group therapy for cancer patients may also help to boost this nutritive factor.
Improvements both in mental and physical health were evident after only a short time in therapy (Anderson 1997). In one study, patients with metastatic breast cancer were required to attend
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