Nature vs. Nurture Have you ever wondered what enters a person's mind when they decide to commit a horrible crime such as murder? I have often read of such brutal cases in the newspaper or on television and was curious as to what they were thinking and why they had done it. What would make a person take another's life? Many doctors will often try to analyze the mind to seek out those answers. They …showed first 75 words of 593 total…

…showed last 75 words of 593 total…Sociocultural theorists focus on how individuals bond to society. "Criminals attachment to society is very weak." (Lindner) "Psychologically, researchers believe that motivation comes from the unconscious mental process." (Lindner) What ever causes a person to act a certain way is, the least to say a controversial topic. It may be from inherited traits, learned from society and family, or even a combination of both. In this case, an exact answer will probably never be known.