Question

Rebecca is the mother of two young boys and tells everyone that they are strikingly different from each other. She said that she first noticed this difference when they were newborns and it was exhibited in how they cried and how they nursed. She is describing differences in:

Answer 1

The correct answer is “differences in nature”. In this example the mother explains that the differences between the brothers are biological and genetic and are not related to the environment they grew up.

According to some psychological theories, nature focuses on inherited behaviors (product of genetics) whereas nurture focuses on acquired behaviors (product of learning environment).