CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Psychologist Francis Galton coined the terms ‘nature versus nurture’ and ‘eugenics’ and believed that intelligence resulted from genetics.

Detailed explanation-2: -Feral children teach scientists that not only is nature important when producing/raising a child, but nurture is important as well. Nature helps with providing all of the part needed in order to build a human body, however nurture helps with building the individual’s personality and communication skills.

Detailed explanation-3: -For over a century there’s been a debate about the extent to which genetics or external influences, such as nutrition and comfort, influence a child’s growth and development. This is the so called nature versus nurture debate.

Detailed explanation-4: -Behavioral genetics has enabled psychology to quantify the relative contribution of nature and nurture with regard to specific psychological traits. One way to do this is to study relatives who share the same genes (nature) but a different environment (nurture).