Nature Vs Nurture Research Paper

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Nature vs. Nurture: The Nurture Stance
Maria Quirrin
The University of Arizona Indisputably, when it comes to human development it is evident that nurture plays a superior role. Nurture shows how the environmental factors are the origin of our behavior and shape the person we are brought up to be. A. Bandura’s social cognitive theory and L. Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory greatly support the stance on nurture by explaining how the environment plays a big role in early human development.
Through social cognitive theory an individual “acquires information through behaviors, standards, and values through vicarious learning” (Anderson, 2015). Behaviors and cognitive strategies are learned by observing and modeling (imitating) others which are