This has been a puzzling debate for years and years and no matter what new tests or experiments are conducted people will always lean in one opinion or another. Jon Rousseau believed that we are born with certain qualities, but society corrupts us (Nature) while John Locke believed that we were born as blank slates and experience will ultimately determine whom we are (Nurture). I strongly feel as a human being we are the benefactors of both the nature and nurture characteristics. ... The nature vs. nurture argument to me isn't that hard to understand. ...

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There has been a great debate among psychologists for years whether nature or nurture plays the biggest role in a human's development into who they become. ... Nature refers to genes and hereditary factors that make us who we are. Nurture refers to the environmental factors that help to influence who we are. ... I feel that both nature and gender had a role in my development. ... However, nurture played a major role in my development as well. ...

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The debate of nature versus nurture is an enduring controversy that has survived through the ages. Biology, is what people are born with, it's the nature side of the argument. The environment that humans are surrounded by and raised in is the nurture side. ... Social anxiety is also view in this aspect not only because you do it on a daily basis but also we develop, which comes from nature. ...

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