Heredity and Environmental Factors. Psychology

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Nature versus Nurture

  • Nature is the influence of heredity on personality, physical and intellectual growth, and social interactions
  • Nurture is the influence of the environment on personality, physical and intellectual growth, and social interactions

Behavioral Genetics

  • Investigates the relative contributions to development of heredity and environment.
  • Development is a product of an interaction between nature and nurture.
Materials by theme:
Causes of social change Lections
Social mobility Lections
Emotion and Emotion Management: Hochschild on Emotions Lections
The Dramaturgical Approach Lections
Emotions and Health Lections
Social Structural Effects on Emotions Lections
The History of Emotions Lections
The Assessment of Intelligence Lections
Personality Assessment Lections
Psychological Interventions Lections