One of the most controversial topics in psychology is whether nature or nurture has a larger effect on a person’s development. This is because there is no way to say which has more of a role over the other for each and every person. With nature being the inborn, innate character of an organism and nurture being the total of the environmental factors that affect an organism. It could easily be one or the other, or even both nature and nurture that play a role in a child’s mental development. Nature is the idea that all children are born with the knowledge of right and wrong imbedded in their genetics and some psychologist believe that when a child is born, it is either good or evil at that time and does not need development. With this
