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The heredity versus environment discussion has been a classic argument among experts for centuries. Currently, there is no clear conclusion to the argument; however, there are many theories. Researchers on both sides of this argument have been exploring this argument thoroughly. The purpose of this essay is to prove that the mental ability of a person is determined by his genetics, along with his environment, which affects it more.
The nature side of the dispute says that a person maintains his mental ability only based on what he is born with genetically. In order to defend this side of the debate wholly we would establish that a person’s environment plays no role in determining his mental ability.
There are a couple of reasons for a person to think that genetics play a large part in a person’s intelligence. When considering the biology of heredity, it is obvious that genes give humans their own physical equipment. Genes and chromosomes are passed on from each generation to the next. Thus, humans would have nothing to hand down biologically to their offspring without genetics and therefore the idea of genetics being meaningless is wrong.
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· Bower, B. Some of these studies have shown that heritabilty is about 48% influential in most humans (Hamer and Copeland 219).
The amount of nourishment an individual receives has been proven to play a very large part in a person’s mental ability. s are rendered on sets of twins; these include both identical twins and fraternal twins.
Conversely, many investigations have shown that a person’s environment plays a large role in his mental aptitude. John Watson conducted a substantial experiment in 1913 concerning behaviorism.
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