Educ 1, nurture vs nature Nature refers largely to our genetics. It includes the genes we are born with and other hereditary factors that can impact how our personality is formed and influence the way that we develop from childhood through adulthood. Nurture encompasses the environmental factors that impact who we are. People who support nurture highly value the impact of experience. The nature vs. nurture debate involves people pondering, conducting experiments, and studying whether or not certain traits are inherited or learned. In general, nature looks at the impact of such physical approaches as neurotransmitters and genome sequencing on child development, while nurture focuses on aspects such as peer pressure and social influences. Nurture assumes that correlations between environmental factors and psychological outcomes are caused environmentally. For example, how much parents read with their children and how well children learn to read appear to be related. Other examples include environmental stress and its effect on depression. Introduction. Nature is what we think of as pre-wiring and is influenced by genetic inheritance and other biological factors while nurture is generally taken as the influence of external factors after conception i.e. the product of exposure, experience, and learning on an individual. Many researchers consider the interaction between heredity and environment—nature with nurture as opposed to nature versus nurture—to be the most important influencing factor of all. Height is another example of a trait influenced by an interaction between nature and nurture. A child might inherit the genes for height. THE SIX PRINCIPLES OF NURTURE GROUPS. Children's learning is understood developmentally. The classroom offers a safe base. Nurture is important for the development of self-esteem. Language is understood as a vital means of communication. All behaviour is communication. Transitions are significant in the lives of children