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Where do you stand on the nature vs. nurture debate? What do you think influences our daily behaviors and decisions more, nature or nurture? Why? Please remember to support your points with APA approved reference sources (text, articles, etc.)!

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Nature vs. Nurture debate; point of views; Psycho evolutionary and Development Systems theoretical brief answer

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NATURE VS. NURTURE is a popular debate topic for evolutionary and developmental psychology. Behaviorists will suggest that the behavior is all dependent on the nurture or the environmental factors and that the social interactions shape the lives of people and their behaviors.

What do you think influences our daily behaviors and decisions more, nature or nurture?
Why?

Both nature and nurture have an interdependent role to play complementing each other.
Exceptional situations may be miraculous in ways where some defect in genes can be over come or ...

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