Nature vs. Nurture

Personal Strengths

My first strength that I have is my will power to succeed. I always want to be successful in everything that I do. This is a nurture ability that I have received from the upbringing of my parents. They’ve always been really strict and tough on me to excel at everything I do. For example, for my parents, a ‘B’ was barely acceptable and when I got below a B there were always repercussions. I think because of their parenting style this allowed me to have the will power to want to succeed more. The part of the brain that this relates to is the frontal lobes because it’s responsible for decision making and I think that the will power to succeed is a decision that an individual would have to make.

Another personal strength that I have is that I am really good at balancing task. For example I have Dance Team, which takes up half of my life and then I have schoolwork on top of that and also trying to get good grades while still receiving a social life. I also believe that this strength is because of nurture because my parents raised me to be the best in everything I do and being able to balance all of my tasks successful shows that I am doing my best. The part of the brain that this relates to is the cerebral cortex because the cerebral cortex controls complex thought processes. Through balancing task, I would have to think hard about certain situations so that I could make sure everything gets done which is how cerebral cortex relates to balancing task.

My athletic ability is another one of my personal strengths. I think that this is nature ability. My whole family was really athletic and star athletes when they were in high school so I think that being athletic could just be in my genes. I also think this because I have large muscles for a girl and I do not even lift. The part of the brain that this relates to is the cerebellum because it controls balance and muscle coordination.

Personal Weaknesses

A personal weakness that I would like to...