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Nature and Nurture

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" Nature" refers largely to our genetics. It includes the genes we are born with and other hereditary factors that can impact how our personality is formed and influence the way that we develop from childhood through adulthood.   "Nurture" encompasses the environmental factors that impact who we are. This includes our early childhood experiences, the way we were raised, our social relationships, and the surrounding culture.      The Nature is the genetic predisposition or biological makeup of an individual, nurture is the physical world that influences the nature. Some theorists lay emphasis on “stability” and others on “plasticity”.Behavioral epigenetic research has indicated that life experiences can affect gene expression.      The Nature is vulnerable to nurture, a nd there is evidence for bidirectional and interactive effects between parenting and children's characteristics.During various phases of development, children need appropriate experiences that s