Best Practice Book for IELTS Writing

(Axel Boer) #1

Sidebysidewithquarrelsparentsoften
areafraid ofcoldswhich happenin kindergartensmorefrequently.Parents prefer
keepingthechildathome.Butfora healthychild oddcold(ifillnessoccurs,it goesits
normalcourse)can'tmakebig harmtothechild.Andifthechildisadaptabletothe
conditionsofpublic
placesearlieritwould bebetterforhiminfuture.
In general,Iamafollowerofthetheory of keepingchildreninadapted placessuchas
good kindergartens.Butkeepingchildreninsuchaplacecan'treplacefamilyand home.
Onlytogethertheymakeharmonicand beautifulunion.
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Sample 42


Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthistask.


Researchindicatesthatthecharacteristicswearebornwithhavemuchmore
influenceonourpersonality anddevelopmentthananyexperienceswemayhave
inourlife.
Whichdo youconsidertobethemajorinfluence?


Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.
Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourown
knowledgeorexperience.


modelanswer:


Todaythewayweconsiderhuman psychologyandmentaldevelopmentis heavily
influenced bythegeneticsciences.Wenowunderstandtheimportanceofinherited
characteristicsmorethanever before.Yetwearestillunableto decidewhetheran
individual’spersonalityand developmentaremoreinfluenced by geneticfactors
(nature)orbytheenvironment(nurture).
Research,relatingtoidenticaltwins, has highlighted howsignificantinherited
characteristicscan beforanindividual'slife.Butwhetherthesecharacteristicsare
ableto developwithinthepersonality ofanindividualsurely dependsonwhetherthe
circumstancesallowsuch a
development.Itseemsthattheexperienceswehaveinlifeareso unpredictableandso
powerful,thattheycan boostorover-ride


otherinfluences,andthereseemsto be plenty ofresearchfindingstoconfirmthis.My
own viewisthatthereisno onemajorinfluenceinaperson'slife.Instead,thetraitswe
inheritfromourparentsandthesituationandexperiencesthatwe
encounterinlifeareconstantlyinteracting.Itistheinteraction ofthetwothatshapesa
person'spersonalityand dictateshowthatpersonality develops.Ifthiswerenottrue,we
would beableto predictthebehaviorandcharacterofa personfromthemomentthey
wereborn.Inconclusion,Ido notthinkthateither natureornurtureisthemajor
influenceonaperson, butthatboth havepowerfuleffects.Howthesefactorsinteractis
still unknowntodayandtheyremainlargely unpredictableinaperson’slife.

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