The expression “nature vs. nurture” describes the question of how much a person's characteristics are formed by either “nature” or “nurture.” “Nature” means innate biological ...

Dr. Conley is the author of “The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture.” Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the debate about what ...

Dalton Conley is a professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture Dalton Conley is a professor of sociology at Princeton ...

The wording of the phrase “nature vs. nurture” makes it seem as though human individuality—personality traits, intelligence, preferences, and other characteristics—must be based on either ...

The “nature vs. nurture” conundrum was reinvigorated when genes were identified as the units of heredity, containing information that directs and influences development. When the human genome was ...