Psychology / Unit 8 Psych 0853 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nature and Nurture
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The idea
The nature and nurture question asks how inherited and environmental influences combine to produce a characteristic.
In practice
Temperament present at birth is amplified or dampened by how caregivers respond to it over years.
Where people slip
The question is no longer which one. It is how much, in what proportion, and through what mechanism.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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