Nature versus nurture
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| + | The '''nature versus nurture''' debates concern the relative importance of an individual's innate qualities ("nature", i.e. [[psychological nativism|nativism]], or [[Empiricism#Philosophical_usage|philosophical empiricism]], [[innatism]]) versus personal experiences ("nurture") in [[Determinism|determining]] or [[causality|causing]] individual differences in [[physiology|physical]] and [[behaviour|behavioral]] traits. The view that humans acquire all or almost all their behavioral traits from "nurture" is known as [[tabula rasa]] ("blank slate"). This question was once considered to be an appropriate division of developmental influences, but since both types of factors are known to play such interacting roles in development, many modern psychologists consider the question naive - representing an outdated state of knowledge. | ||
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The nature versus nurture debates concern the relative importance of an individual's innate qualities ("nature", i.e. nativism, or philosophical empiricism, innatism) versus personal experiences ("nurture") in determining or causing individual differences in physical and behavioral traits. The view that humans acquire all or almost all their behavioral traits from "nurture" is known as tabula rasa ("blank slate"). This question was once considered to be an appropriate division of developmental influences, but since both types of factors are known to play such interacting roles in development, many modern psychologists consider the question naive - representing an outdated state of knowledge.
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