NATURE VS NURTURE

RUBATARSHNE D/O VASUCHEN XIU WEI

Environmental influence

Family influence Peer group Society culture and belief

Technological resources in

urban and rural environment

Teachers and school

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It is generally known that differences at home atmosphere, food, guidance, and family socioeconomic status will produce individual with different levels of development

Examples : Children who are born in a friendly and

affectionate family will experience healthy emotional development.

Children who are nurtured and educated properly will normally be able to develop their potentials, behaviours and emotions and optimally.

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Peer group plays an important role in influencing individual development, especially in intellectual, personality, emotional, and social aspects. Examples:

children who mix with industrious peer group will be an asset for their intellectual and potential development.

Children who frequently socialized with courteous and well disciplined peer group, will tend to follow their good examples.

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Society is an environment for people to interact.

Different culture and belief of a society will influence children’s development in socioeconomic, personality and spiritual aspects. Examples:

Differences in culture and religion will produce different ways of living as well as human behaviour.

Society which emphasizes its culture and religious belief will produce individuals as pious followers of God.

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An individual development is also influenced by the exposure of the existing technological resources in the living environment.

Exposure of children to healthy and adequate technological resources will improve their rate of cognitive, emotional and social development.

Teachers who are empathetic and efficient in organizing teaching- learning activities in class, will be able to produce educated, competent, good behaviours and responsible pupils.

School with condusive environment as well as sufficient teaching-learning facilities will help to develop optimally the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor aspects of the pupils.

GENETIC INFLUENCE

Physical aspect-different physical

characteristics (body, physical skills)

Behaviours-communication, interaction,

social activities

Spiritual aspect-own philosophy of life,

religion

Emotional aspect-no identical emotional

feeling

Cognitive aspect-mental, learning,

memory, reasoning, analyzing abilities

Social aspect-own style of social

interatction

Aspects of Individual

Differences