The Effects of Nature or Nurture on Early Human Development

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Human development is a very complex process – from conception to death. There has been a long debate on whether human development is determined by nature or nurture. If their growths were all guided by nature only, they would all be born with a mind of “blank slate”. This means that they do not have any inborn ability to do anything when they are born. On the other hand, if their growth was determined by nurture only, it would mean that they were fully equipped with all the skills they need in their lives when we are born. In other words, all the physical and mental skills they have right now would have been inherited from their parents and the environment they grow up in has no effect. This essay will focus on the effects of both …show more content…

In conclusion, early human development is controlled by both nature and nurture – in fetal development, motor development, and language acquisition. The nature part of development includes the things that the infants are born with, and the nurture part of development includes the environmental factors that the infants receive. Most babies are born with more or less the same basic requirements for life, but the rate at which they develop their skills differ due to the nurture part of development. Overall, nature and nurture cannot be separated because they depend on each other.

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1. Atkinson. R. L. “Interaction between nature and nurture” in J. Slaght. Reading and writing Coursebook.
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3. Kidshealth from Nemours. http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/birth_defects.html
4. Ludington-Hue, Susan. "How to have a Smarter Baby" United States and Canada: Rawson edition, 1985.
5. The Origin of Languageand Communication. http://www.trueorigin.org/language01.asp
6. Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(feral_child)

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[ 1 ]. R. L. Atkinson “Interaction between nature and nurture” in J. Slaght. Reading and writing
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