After Many Years of Scientific Debate and Research,what Do Most

question 45

Multiple Choice

After many years of scientific debate and research,what do most modern psychologists believe with regard to the Nature vs.Nurture debate?

• A) The complete mapping of the human genome has provided us with no evidence that psychological attributes are completely genetic in origin (nature), and thus the nurture side of the debate has been accepted across the field.
• B) The evidence for genetic precursors of human behavior (nature) is too overwhelming to place any real faith in the nurture side of the debate.
• C) We become the people we are through a unique combination of hereditary (nature) and environmental factors (nurture).
• D) While psychological abnormality may be caused by genetics (nature), we agree that normal development is uniquely a function of positive surroundings (nurture).

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