Dr. Towne believes that heredity is primarily responsible for personality traits. Dr. West believes that environmental influence
s are primarily responsible for personality traits. They are on different sides of the _____ debate.A. nature versus nurtureB. intelligent design versus evolutionC. genes versus developmentD. traits versus conditioning
Nature versus nurture controversy / debate involves extent to which the particular aspects of the behavior are the product of either acquired or inherited influences.
Nature is pre-wiring and nature is influenced via the genetic inheritance . While, nurture is taken generally as influence of the external factors after the conception.
Nature-nurture controversy is concerned with relative contribution which both influences make to the human behavior.
Hence from the question , the debate is about , nature versus nurture .
