Who

Are the way I am and the method in which I came to be a direct result of my environment or was it predetermined from birth? The famous question of nature verses nurture is still presently a fiercely debated subject. In this essay, I will dive into the minds and ideas of famous psychologists and apply their methodology in order to explain who I am and how I came to be. I¡¦ll examine the potential influences from my surroundings and also look at the possibility that who I am was inescapable, my genetic makeup had already established the individual that I would be.
Through everyday engagement with people, either casual or formal, you are undoubtedly going to be influenced by those you interact with one way or another. This form of learning, referred to as observational learning, was extensively investigated by Albert Bandura (1977, 1986). Essentially, observational learning consists of being conditioned indirectly by virtue of observing another¡¦s conditioning (Weiten, 2001). T...