Nature Vs Nurture

2. Environmental influence
Family influence Peer group
Society culture
and belief
Technological
resources in
urban and rural
environment
Teachers and
school

3. =
 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.

4. =
 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.

5. =
 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.

6. =
 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.

7.  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.

9. 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