nurture

Examples of nurture in the following topics:

• Nature vs. Nurture: A False Debate

  • Recently, the nature versus nurture debate has entered the realm of law and criminal defense.
  • Historically, the "nurture" in the nature versus nurture debate has referred to the care parents give to children.
  • The "nature" in the nature versus nurture debate generally refers to innate qualities.
  • A molecular biologist and psychoanalyst explain the nature versus nurture debate.
  • Discuss both sides of the nature versus nurture debate, understanding the implications of each

• Are We Prisoners of Socialization?

  • Who we are as people is determined by both our genes (nature) and our socialization (nurture).
  • Some experts assert that who we are is a result of nurture—the relationships and caring that surround us.
  • Though genetics and hormones play an important role in human behavior, sociology’s larger concern is the effect that society has on human behavior, the “nurture” side of the nature versus nurture debate.
  • "Nature versus nurture" describes the debate over the influence of biological versus social influences in socialization.
  • Discuss socialization in terms of the nature (biology) versus nurture (social) debate

• Culture

  • One way of understanding culture is to think of the nature versus nurture debate.
  • To illustrate the nature versus nurture debate, think of any human being.
  • But anything that the person does falls in the nurture side of the debate.
  • While the nature versus nurture debate is useful to understand what culture is, the debate in academia has been somewhat settled by the acknowledgement that nature and nurture influence each other.
  • Nature and nurture contribute to one another.

• Culture and Biology

  • Culture relates to nature (our biology and genetics) and nurture (our environment and surroundings that also shape our identities).

• Marriage and Responsibility

  • The reasons people marry vary widely, but usually include publicly and formally declare their love, the formation of a single household unit, legitimizing sexual relations and procreation, social and economic stability, and the education and nurturing of children.

• The Symbolic Nature of Culture

  • That this capacity for symbolic thinking and social learning is a product of human evolution confounds older arguments about nature versus nurture.

• Child Rearing

  • Although stay-at-home moms are less common in today's economy, women statistically spend more time nurturing children than men do.

• Resource Mobilization Approach

  • members are recruited through networks; commitment is maintained by building a collective identity and continuing to nurture interpersonal relationships

• Introduction

  • The simplest way to think about culture is to think about the distinction between nature (our biology and genetics) and nurture (our environment and surroundings that also shape our identities).
  • Instead, social scientists accept and advocate the definition of culture outlined above as being the "nurture" component of human social life.
  • That this capacity for symbolic thinking and social learning is a product of human evolution confounds older arguments about nature versus nurture.

• Cultural Evolution

  • Instead, social scientists accept and advocate the definition of culture outlined above as being the "nurture" component of human social life.