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Critically Evaluate The Influences Of Nature And Nurture With Regard To The Concept Of Intelligence.
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Critically Evaluate The Influences Of Nature And Nurture With Regard To The Concept Of Intelligence Stephen Hoyland Furness College Channelside Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 2PJ Introduction Is intelligence fixed, or is it shaped by factors in a person's social environment? In other words, is it something that is set at conception as the product of breeding or is it something more complex linked to the overall function of the environment, or even a mixture of the two? The controversies surrounding the nature of human intelligence are long standing and have produced many varied studies. According to the psychologists who lean towards the nativist (nature) idea of intelligence we are born with certain capacities to perceive our environment in certain ways, these capacities are often incomplete or immature when first born and develop gradually throughout childhood. These particular psychologists believe learning plays only a minor role in the development of an individual's intellect. The empiricists (nurture), on the other...
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