The Nurture Theory: Genetic Theories At War

Genetic Theories at War

The human body consists of twenty- three chromosome pairs, that hold our DNA and genes. Both recessive and dominant alleles come to express who we are physically and emotionally. But, whether they’re recessive or dominant genes, they can be very misleading due to the two theories: “The Nurture Theory,” and “The Nature Theory.”

The Nurture theory regards how individuals feel entitlement and the need to obtain success. To add on, this theory explains how an individual’s personality is created and adapted over time, based off of the people and environment surrounding them. One example of The Nurture Theory, is the Affluenza accident. Not too long ago in Texas, a sixteen year old boy killed a family of four, due to the consumerism of alcohol. During trial, the sixteen year old boy claimed to be innocent, precisely because of him and his family’s erosion of affluence. “Whether affluenza is real or imagined, money really does change everything, and those of high social class usually do see themselves much differently than others. Wealth (and the pursuit of it) has been linked with immoral behavior,” excerpt from “Money Changes the way we think and behave.” To clarify, the boy’s immoral behavior, lack of empathy, and necessity to entitlement, was caused by the simplicity of the way he had been nurtured.

When talking about the nature theory, genetics make us the way we are. In the article “ The science of Success,” the writer describes two types of different people, “Dandelions,” being people who can succeed and and take root in almost any situation, and “Orchids,” being fragile and vulnerable. “This new theory suggests that it’s a mistake to understand so-called “bad” genes only as liabilities, which has been the dominant theory of research psychologists and other scientists for years,” and excerpt from “ The Science of