Human Growth and Development / Unit 1 HGD 0011 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nature and Nurture
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The idea
Nature and nurture both shape almost every human characteristic, genes and environment together, in proportions that vary from one trait to another.
In practice
The timing of puberty, which genes and nutrition both help to trigger.
Where people slip
The misconception is nature or nurture, as if one must win. The field now asks how the two combine for each trait.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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