Interactionism and innateness in the evolutionary study of human nature

While most researchers who use evolutionary theory to investigate human nat ure especially human sexuality describe themselves as "interactionists'', t here is no clear consensus on the meaning of this term in this context. By interactionism most people in the field mean something like, both nature an d nurture "count'' in the development of human psychology and behavior. Nev ertheless, the multidisciplinary nature of evolutionary psychology results in a wide variety of interpretations of this general claim. Today, most deb ates within evolutionary psychology about the innateness of a given behavio ral characteristic or over its development turn as much on which conception of "innateness'' and "interactionism'' the researcher holds as on any empi rical data they might derive.