Researchers have traditionally clashed over the relative importance of biological and environmental factors in human development, a conflict called the ________ debate.

A. role versus status
B. manifest versus latent functions
C. sociobiology versus biosociology
D. nature versus nurture


Answer: D

Sociology

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