Heredity & Environment
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Analyzing the interrelationships between 'Heredity' and 'Environment' and their relative effects in child development, which of the following statements is most authentic regarding the elemental and scientific nature of Woodworth's famous equation $R = f(H \times E)$ (behavior is a function of heredity and environment)?
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In the study of child development, both heredity and environment make a combined and interdependent contribution. According to psychologist Robert Woodworth, any individual's behavior or development is expressed by the equation $R = f(H \times E)$, where 'H' denotes heredity and 'E' denotes environment. Here, the multiplication sign ($\times$) clarifies that these two factors are complementary and qualitatively linked; if even a single component becomes zero, the possibility of development ceases.
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