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Although the nature-versus-nurture issue was first posed as an either/or question, developmental psychologists today agree that both nature and nurture interact to produce specific developmental patterns and outcomes; the question has evolved into, to do environment and heredity both produce their effects?
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Developmental psychologists agree that genetic factors not only provide the for particular behaviors or traits to emerge, but also place on the emergence of such behavior or traits.
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Human serve as an important source of information about the relative effects of genetic and environmental factors.
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Researchers can also take the opposite tack. Instead of concentrating on people with similar genetic backgrounds who are raised in different environments, they may consider people raised in similar environments who have totally dissimilar genetic backgrounds. They study .
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Longitudinal studies assess change in intellectual ability over time, unlike cross-sectional studies, which assess differences among .





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