Nature Vs. Nurture: Influence Throughout The Lifespan

Student’s Name: Institutional Affiliation: Course Title: Instructor: Date: Introduction The debate on nature and nurture has been around the psychology field for a long time. Nature refers to the genes that influence the performance of a person while nurture refers to the environmental variables in life (Kong et al. 2018). It is necessary for an individual to understand the hereditary traits and the traits influenced by the environment. The nurture involves the process of life in a particular area from early childhood to old age. The experiences of an individual influence the behavior requiring focusing on proper surrounding that will provide beneficial traits to an individual. Nature vs nurture It is essential to understand the nature and nurture influence based on the influence throughout the lifespan. The nature or nurture influence will consider the ages of 0 to 20 years, 20 to 40 years and 40 to end of your life. The understanding of the level of influence of nature or nurture assists in developing proper skills that accomplish the set personal goals. A proper evaluation of personal skills and knowledge is based on the level of nature or nurture influence in life. The hereditary factors are transferred biologically such as color of eyes, hair straightness, skin color and certain diseases (McLeod 2018). The evaluation of the biological factors of an individual assists in determining the different characteristics in life. The ethnic group determines the actions of an individual thus essential to have a proper understanding of the surroundings. An individual is required to focus on a surrounding that will improve the leadership skills in life. The social-cultural factors determine the ability of an indivi...