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Compare, contrast and evaluate the nativist and empiricist views of infant perception Researchers and theorists have long been interested in whether perceptual abilities are predominantly inborn or are a product of learning processes. This question forms part of the wider nature-nurture debate in psychology. Psychologists on the 'nature' side of the debate, referred to as 'nativists', argue that the abilities are innate and arise from inherited genetic factors, which predetermine their development along the process of maturation, whilst on the 'nurture' side, 'empiricists' believe that abilities develop largely as a consequence of experience. In order to find sufficient support for either view, psychologists have investigated perceptual abilities in a number of different ways. Their aim to resolve the debate has included studies on human infants, sensory restriction in non-human infants, perceptual readjustment, and cross-cultural differences. This essay considers evidence from studies conducted on human infants' face, colour and pattern recognition, preference...

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