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A person who believes that our environments and experiences are entirely responsible for our personalities, skills, and behaviors believes in the power of a. nature over nurture b. nurture over nature c. both nature and nurture d. neither nature nor nurture

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Nature refers to the influence of inherited characteristics on personality, physical growth, intellectual growth, and social interactions. Nurture refers to the influence of the environment on all of those same things and includes parenting styles, physical surroundings, economic factors, and anything that can have an influence on development that does not come from within the person. If a person believes that our environments and experiences are entirely responsible for our personalities, skills, and behaviors. The person believes in the power of nurture over nature.

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