Heredity & Environment
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Regarding the interaction between heredity and environment in the context of development, which of the following statements presents the most scientific and logical perspective?
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Understanding Heredity and Environment in Child Development
Both heredity and environment play crucial roles in child development. From a psychological perspective:
- Heredity: Provides biological and physical potentials and boundaries to an individual.
- Environment: Provides favorable or unfavorable conditions for those potentials to develop and flourish.
Therefore, heredity sets the potential, while the environment determines the extent to which that potential is actualized.
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