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The nature-nurture debate asks whether behaviour is primarily the result of biological inheritance (nature) or environmental influences (nurture). This is one of the most enduring debates in psychology. Modern psychology has largely moved beyond the either/or dichotomy towards an interactionist position, recognising that nature and nurture work together.
Key Definition: Nature refers to the influence of genes, evolution, and biological factors on behaviour and psychological characteristics.
Key Definition: Nurture refers to the influence of experience, learning, socialisation, and culture on behaviour and psychological characteristics.
The nature position holds that behaviour is determined by inherited biological factors:
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