The document discusses the nature vs nurture debate and how both genetic and environmental factors influence human development. It notes that all aspects of nature, nurture, continuity, discontinuity, change and stability can coexist, and that development is influenced by both genetics and the environment through a complex interaction, rather than being solely determined by one or the other. The debate about the relative contributions of genetics and environment to how personalities and traits form continues.
The document discusses the nature vs nurture debate and how both genetic and environmental factors influence human development. It notes that all aspects of nature, nurture, continuity, discontinuity, change and stability can coexist, and that development is influenced by both genetics and the environment through a complex interaction, rather than being solely determined by one or the other. The debate about the relative contributions of genetics and environment to how personalities and traits form continues.
The document discusses the nature vs nurture debate and how both genetic and environmental factors influence human development. It notes that all aspects of nature, nurture, continuity, discontinuity, change and stability can coexist, and that development is influenced by both genetics and the environment through a complex interaction, rather than being solely determined by one or the other. The debate about the relative contributions of genetics and environment to how personalities and traits form continues.
The document discusses the nature vs nurture debate and how both genetic and environmental factors influence human development. It notes that all aspects of nature, nurture, continuity, discontinuity, change and stability can coexist, and that development is influenced by both genetics and the environment through a complex interaction, rather than being solely determined by one or the other. The debate about the relative contributions of genetics and environment to how personalities and traits form continues.
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Complete the sentence.
ANSWER: With regard to the nurture-nature, continuity-discontinuity and change-stability
controversies, the wiser stand is to try not to establish a black and white Pigeonholing mentality. All these perceived dilemmas are complex and cannot be judged by a set of rules. In reality, all nature, nurture, continuity, discontinuity, change and stability can coexist. It is not a choice of nature or nurture; it is more on the correlation of the two. The nature vs. nurture debate seeks to understand how our personalities and traits are produced by our genetic makeup and biological factors, and how they are shaped by our environment, including our parents, peers, and culture. For instance, why do biological children sometimes act like their parents? Is it because of genetic similarity, or the result of the early childhood environment and what children learn from their parents? This debate continues as to the relative contributions of each.
Development lists seeks to understand the influence of genetics (nature) and environment (nurture) on human development. We are all born with specific genetic traits inherited from our parents, such as eye color, height, and certain personality traits. Beyond our basic genotype, however, there is a deep interaction between our genes and our environment: our unique experiences in our environment influence whether and how particular traits are expressed, and at the same time, our genes influence how we interact with our environment..
