Abstract
Infants’ Characteristics and Skills: Dissolving the Nature/Nurture Dichotomy
Highlights
According to an emergent group of researchers, systemic, relational and evolutionary thought is needed to understand the development of organisms’ characteristics and competences
According to modern science mainstream view, organisms develop from genetic inheritance, the genotype, and some plasticity is admitted to the traits which compose an organisms phenotype, which depends on environmental interaction. This view is based on the New Synthesis of Modern Biology, or Neo-Darwinism, which unified the concepts of evolution through Natural Selection and genetics (Mayr, 1998)
There is an emerging group of researchers who are standing up for the idea that a systemic and relational thought accounts for the emergence of traits and abilities, and must be included in the evolutionary models (Laland et al, 2014; Oyama, Grifiths, & Gray, 2001)
Summary
According to an emergent group of researchers, systemic, relational and evolutionary thought is needed to understand the development of organisms’ characteristics and competences. Researches about infants sensory skills, attachment, and neonatal imitation will be presented, as well as the possible interpretations from both theoretical perspectives, leading to a reflection on the nature/nurture dichotomy and its dissolution.
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