A popular and widely known argument is the 'nature/nurture debate'; which psychological attributes are derived from a biological source, and which are a product of one's environment. In this essay, we will explore the nature/nurture debate in regards to intelligence. ... In the context of the nature/nurture debate, nurture refers to an individual's own experience. ... We support the view that nature provides a platform from which nurture develops an individual based on their own unique experiences. ... Many researchers have emphasised the effect of nurture rather than nat...

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Once it is determined that race and IQ have a relationship, the question then becomes where race fits into the nature/nurture debate of on the influences of genetic versus environment for IQ scores. The problem with nature and nurture is to decide which -inheritance or environment- is primary, for the IQ, is exclusively the result of neither one alone. ...

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Many psychologists have their own definitions of intelligence and there is constant debate over whose definition is right The debate is likely to go on for a long time to come because it is almost impossible to prove whose definition is right. ... Currently many psychologists are leaning towards the belief that intelligence is influenced by a combination of nature and nurture and not purely one or the other. ...

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