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This is our Unit 3, Body and Behavior Performance Task

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3. When Examining The Nature vs. Nuture Discussion, What Ultimately Shapes Our Behavior?
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Nature is what has mainly shaped who I am today. But even reflecting upon this I take after more traits from my parents than I want to agree with. This debate is personal and based off of facts on both sides along with opinions.
With many facts on both side one cannot simply say one or the other side is 100% right. We can have our opinions but in the end what we need to ask is “how much”. How much each side shapes us is and which was more important to how we are today.
Watson believed that people could be trained to do and become anything, regardless of genetics. More information was given about how children are influenced by their environment and how people act around them, than with how nature affects them.
The different branches of psychology tend to take to one side more and stress their stance. For example, behaviorism focuses on the impact of society on behavior while biological psychology stresses the importance of genetics and biological influences.
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Philosophers such as Plato and Descartes suggested that certain things occur naturally without environmental influences. On the other hand are nativists who believe that all of most of our behaviors and characteristics are the result of inheritance.
One internal function of the body that affect behavior is our brain cells and connectors that help chemicals like dopamine and serotonin and these affect our behaviors because when the cells and transmitters can't carry a certain chemical...
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...like dopamine for example then we are a lot more tired than normal. Other functions that affect behavior would be the loss of nerve cells required for cognitive and motor functions this affects the body by causing disfigurement and impacting how the brain and spinal cord work.
When our body changes we are met with new hormones that your body needs to process and if it can not process them we are met with even more behavioral changes.
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As we get older and approach old age our body's processes start to deteriorate which can change behavior by causing Confusion, delusions, disorganized behavior, hallucinations, and mood extremes (such as depression).
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