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HEREDITY VS ENVIRONMENT The nature/nurture controversy refers to the relative roles of heredity (nature) and environment (nurture) in shaping human characteristics. Human behaviour is determined by heredity and the environment in which one lives. Heredity is what one inherits from his/her parents, whether it be physical or mental. So is the development of one's personality mapped out before their birth, thanks to their parent's genes, or is one's personality a result of their …

…behaviour, but there really is not an urgent rush to find the correct answer; for this is a debate of many centuries. A child is almost always made up of a balance of their own experiences and parent's genetic makeup. Both components affect a person in how they behave, but also both have their advantages and disadvantages. How one behaves is an artistic picture of the two-combined…one would say then first impressions are important.