Assignment Question:

Critically discuss the nature/nurture debate in relation to human personality.

Specifically, you are asked to address (while providing scientific evidence):

• How personality is defined and whether there’s a consensus on a definition
• What we know about how the environment (nurture) affects personality.

• What we know about how genes (nature) affects personality
• How genes and environment can interact (combine) to affect personality
• Address whether personality changes across the lifespan