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Position Paper: Nature vs. Nurture

The controversy of nature vs. nurture has been going on for many years, and a
decision has not yet been reached in which one is the most affective. Using the results of
the countless tests done, everyday situations, and the twins experiment, I will prove that
nature is a larger contributor to the outcome of our personalities than nurture.
Firstly, many psychologists and Universities, such as Harvard, conducted countless
test to determined which traits of our personalities seemed to be inherited, and which
seemed to be developed from our own life experiences. For most of the traits measured,
more than half the variation was found to be due to heredity. Among these traits were
things such as leadership abilities, traditionalism, obedience or lack of, and surprisingly
enough, the strict enforcement of rules. An not all the things tested were based on stature
and parental ways. Some that tested out at least 50% due to heredity......

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