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Contribution to Book
The Role of the Family in Personality Development
Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
  • Aya Shigeto, Nova Southeastern University
  • Michael Voltaire, Nova Southeastern University
Document Type
Book Chapter
ISBN
978-3-319-28099-8
Publication Date
2-1-2019
Description

The nature versus nurture debate has been one of the oldest, recurrent issues in psychology. Nature represents genetics that individuals inherited from birth parents, creating predetermined courses of development. Nature also encompasses biological processes (e.g., brain activities, hormones) that are believed to be largely controlled by genetics. Nurture, on the other hand, represents everything outside one’s body, including both physical environments (e.g., family, neighborhood, school, and culture) and interpersonal relationships (e.g., family, peers). Developmental psychologists and family scientists have been taking a great interest in the role of nurture, particularly family, for every aspect of human development, including personality development.

Publisher
Springer Nature
Additional Information

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1932-1

Citation Information
Aya Shigeto and Michael Voltaire. "The Role of the Family in Personality Development" Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (2019)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aya-shigeto/56/