ing environment was of small consequence. The herediterians said that for example, if your mother was a fine chef, then in turn, the offspring would be a fine chef, and so on and so forth. The environmentalists put the counter to this argument forward. This group stated that a person's whole being was shaped by how and in what circumstances one was raised or, "nurtured". Environmentalists stated that all people were created genetically equal, and the differences among people were just a result of the surrounding environment. This group said any infant could grow up and be any kind of adult, depending on the stimulus conditio!
ns and the environment. Two of the main voices for the respective camps, were Henry E. Goddard, who represented a voice for the herediterians, best known for his "bad seed" philosophy, and John P. Watson, who represented the environmentalists, he was best known for his "give me the baby" philosophy.
3) This statement could be interpreted many ways. This statement is sustaining the opinion that a person's behavior and psychological traits are transmitted directly through the genes from generation to generation. This is saying that a person's environment and the time surrounding the person can all contribute to a person's behavior. "Behavior is a product of heredity interacting with en
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