On the Assumptive Base of the Nature-Nurture Controversy

Additive versus Interactive Conceptions

Bibliographic Data

ID20293100
AuthorsWillis F Overton (corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume16
Issue1-2
Pages74-89
Publication date2009-12-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-716X • E-ISSN: 1423-0054
PublisherS. Karger AG (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.1159/000271268
PMID4707713
OpenAlexW2060799364
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited2

This essay inquires into the major conceptual features of the nature nurture issue and explores theoretical, methodological, and empirical dimensions which derive from the conceptual. It is maintained that the most basic issues are reflections of a paradigm clash between opposing world views. At the pretheoretical level the clash is represented by one perspective which asserts nature nurture to be additive and another which asserts they are interactive. Both within paradigm and between paradigm differences are discussed

Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Nature versus nurture · Sociology · Diverse Educational Innovations Studies · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Philosophy · Psychology · Science Education and Pedagogy · Social Psychology

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