one of the issues in sychology is that nature vs nurture. Discuss this issue in detail in relation to the five major perspectives of sychology. answer should be in 8 pages

The nature versus nurture debate involves the extent to which particular aspects of behavior are a product of either inherited (i.e., genetic) or acquired (i.e., learned) influences.

Nature is what we think of as pre-wiring and is influenced by genetic inheritance and other biological factors.

Nurture is generally taken as the influence of external factors after conception, e.g., the product of exposure, life experiences and learning on an individual.

Behavioral genetics has enabled psychology to quantify the relative contribution of nature and nurture with regard to specific psychological traits.

Instead of defending extreme nativist or nurturist views, most psychological researchers are now interested in investigating how nature and nurture interact in a host of qualitatively different ways.

For example, epigenetics is an emerging area of research which shows how environmental influences affect the expression of genes.

The nature-nurture debate is concerned with the relative contribution that both influences make to human behavior, such as personality, cognitive traits, temperament and psychopathology.

Table of contents

Nativism (Extreme Nature Position)

Empiricism (Extreme Nurture Position)

Behavioral Genetics

Polygenic Inheritance

The Nature of Nurture

Interaction Effects

Epigenetics

use the headings to create an overview of the main points.