EVOLUTION OF THE NATURE-NURTURE CONTROVERSY - RESPONSE

The nature-nurture controversy is reviewed from the nineteenth century to the present. This review indicates that the nature-nurture issue h as been highly controversial in psychology and education for long, mai nly because of the oversimplified, either-or polarism of partisan view s. In recent times, however the old issue appears increasingly archaic . Expanding, interdisciplinary theory and research reveal complex inte rrelationships and evolutionary cognitive adaptations, etc. that can f inally put the nature-nurture controversy to rest. This review provide s background for a response to Rushton's critique of Yee (1992) in thi s issue.