Nature vs. Nurture

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What proof or experiments is available supporting the nature vs nurture issue? Can't this be broken down into individual situations and can they both effect a patient?

-- Tabatha (honda_man2198@yahoo.com), September 09, 2004

Answers

Yes, the question can be broken down. There might be a different answer, for example, depending on whether you're asking about intelligence, bipolar disorder, obesity, alcoholism, homosexuality, or post-traumatic stress. The topic is usually discussed in developmental psychology texts in terms of heredity vs environment. In cases of psychopathology it's often discussed in terms of genetic predisposition and the effects of family life. In the end, the answer is usually both/and rather than either/or.

-- Hendrika Vande Kemp (hendrika@cox.net), September 09, 2004.

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