Nature? Nurture? Child Development Scientists Say Neither
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:28
in Psychology & Sociology
It's easy to explain why we act a certain way by saying "it's in the genes," but a group of child development scientists say the world has relied on that simple explanation far too long. The scientists call for tossing out the nature-nurture debate, which they say has prevailed for centuries in part out of convenience and intellectual laziness.