Applicability to Child Development.

Ethical Considerations

Applicability of Child Development Theories Nature versus Nurture Theory

The nature versus nurture theory of child development was a theory first conceived by HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Francis_Galton " Francis Galton and refers to the way the environment and nature contribute to the development of a child . The theory considers the notion that though natural effects such as genes and other hereditary factors have a very important effect on the personality of an individual especially in their physical appearance , most of the individual 's characteristics that are

most perceived as very important in the identity of a person are gained from the environment in which the person is nurtured in , especially in his /her early days (Ridley , 2003

Many studies have been carried out to determine the effect of a child 's nurture on the child 's development . One such study has shown that identical twins brought in different environments portrayed a big difference in their personality including their accent , behavior attitudes and beliefs even though they looked totally the same physically

To further test the accuracy of the theory , some researchers have even carried studies that have shown that a human child is the only child of all the mammals , and most probably of all the animals , who copied most of the traits and characteristics present in the environment they were brought up in . for example , one study showed that a human child brought up by a monkey could be able to almost accurately jump from...