PSY 108 Psych Project one.docx – Competency – Snhu

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PSY 108 Psych Project one.docx – Competency – Snhu

CompetencyIn this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:Apply the core concepts of psychology to authentic situationsScenarioYou are a member of SNHU’s champion debate club. You have had a successful season and are well on your way to the College Debate Bowl championship! Your team’s objective for this event will be to prepare a defense for a position on the following topic: Which impacts human behavior more: nature or nurture? In order to prepare for this event, the captain has asked team members to become well-rehearsed on positions in this argument. She has requested that you write a position paper to prepare for the upcoming debate. Supporting MaterialsThe following resources support your work on the project:Reading: Project One Position Paper GuideReview this guide prior to starting your project. It contains resources to help you write a successful paper.

PSY 108 Psych Project one.docx – Competency – Snhu

2PSY 108 Project One: Position PaperThe nature-nurture debate is well known in the field of psychology. Nativists believe that human development is fully controlled by biological factors or genes whereas, environmentalists believe that humans develop their personalities and behaviors in response to their environments. This is an important topic to study when looking at the perspectives of psychology to find whether we are more influenced by nature or nurture. I believe nurture has more impact on human behavior. When looking at the seven perspectives of psychology, it is clear that both nature and nurture can influence human behavior. Whether perspective is a product of genetics or environment may depend on who you ask. However, a simple way to distinguish would be to ask Nurtureiisigenerallyitakeniasitheiinfluenceiofiexternalifactorsiaftericonception, ie.g.,i the production exposure, life experiences and learning Ionian individual.I (Lipton,i2001)iIibelieveithatipeopleilearnibyiobserving, intimidating, and modeling behavior.iIibelieveinurtureihasimoreiimpactionihumanibehavior.The nature versus nurture debate involves the extent to which particular aspects of behavior are a product of either inherited (i.e., genetic) or acquired (i.e., learned) influences. Nature is what we think of as pre-wiring and is influenced by genetic inheritance and other biological factors. Nurture is generally taken as the influence of external factors after conception,

PSY 108 Psych Project one.docx – Competency – Snhu

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