Running Head: INTELLIGENCE AND THE NATURE-NURTURE DANCE

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Term Paper Title	Running Head: INTELLIGENCE AND THE NATURE-NURTURE DANCE
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Running head: INTELLIGENCE AND THE NATURE-NURTURE DANCE

Intelligence
and
the Nature-Nurture Dance
Elizabeth M. Biscotti
Fairfield University

     A “dance” between nature and nurture.  What could this possibly mean?  For years, many psychologists, researchers, etc. have debated this question and asked what exactly is it.  How does it influence children in their development into adults?  Nature is involved with genetics, what a child is born with, for example, their IQ.  Nurture is the environment that surrounds them, the environment they live in, play in, grow up in, etc.  The question here is just how much of each influences them and why?
     Urie Bronfenbrenner is a psychologist who argues a system in which children need to grow.  This system is the Ecological Model of Human Development.  This model can show us that no matter what, nature/nurture does have an influence on children, in many different ways.
     Starting with the microsystem, we see that this is where the child interacts with their family, peers, school life, etc.  They interact with someone individually; someone has an influence on them.  Family, for example, has a huge impact on a child’s development.  In fact, I believe a child’s family is one of the most important parts of their life.  Without family you have no support, no caring love.  Yes, some families are torn apart or believe different things, which is why some children become aggressive and violent.  For example, if a child is brought up in a caring, loving home with parents who have the money to send them to a good school, give them clothes and luxuries, the proper education, I feel that this child will turn out to be a successful human being.  Not only does he/she have the chance to do this, but also his family is there to support him/her.  So if the child is born with a high IQ, that is great and hopefully they will do well in succeeding in life.  However, the other case is someone born with the same IQ, just as intelligent but without the family support.  They don’t have the money to get a proper education, or have enough food, or have somewhere to live and study, etc.  This is where a perfectly normal child cannot fully develop because they are deprived of certain things needed while growth occurs.  If the parents are not responsive to their children this as well affects th...

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