Psychologists generally resolve the nature-nurture debate by agreeing that
a. heredity and environment are interacting and inseparable factors in development.
b. heredity is more important because it precedes the effects of experience.
c. environment is more important because its effects are less flexible than those of heredity.
d. environment is more important because most behaviors of interest to psychologists are learned.
ANSWER: a
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