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The problem of nature and nurture

The problem of nature and nurture FORUM 7 By A. G. WHEATON. IN A LETTER TO THE EDITOR, published in the last number of Forum, Dr. Dora Peyser whom I greatly respect asks two questions, probably with her tongue in her check. I have been provoked to reply rather hastily, I fear, to the first of these; the answer to the second must be relegated to another time. "In the name of reason, why not go right back where the great, the natural, the strong determining factors are, to heredity . . . "I have often wondered if there are not . . basic . varieties, types, 'Gestalten' which shape us much more profoundly than some of the exterior influences." In other words, let us blame heredity for Little Laura's behaviour problems and then there will be no more need for social workers, psychiatrists, psycho- logists, clergymen, social reformers, even medical practitioners, and a host of other people who seek to change, direct, improve or control human development, behaviour and environment. Is not the writer guilty of the one-sided determinism that she herself deplores, at a time too when we thought we had heard the last of determinism? She has certainly drawn attention to the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Social Work Taylor & Francis

The problem of nature and nurture

Wheaton, A.G.
Australian Journal of Social Work , Volume 8 (1): 8 – Jun 1, 1955
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The problem of nature and nurture

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FORUM 7 By A. G. WHEATON. IN A LETTER TO THE EDITOR, published in the last number of Forum, Dr. Dora Peyser whom I greatly respect asks two questions, probably with her tongue in her check. I have been provoked to reply rather hastily, I fear, to the first of these; the answer to the second must be relegated to another time. "In the name of reason, why not go right back where the great, the natural, the strong determining factors are, to heredity . . . "I have often wondered if...
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FORUM 7 By A. G. WHEATON. IN A LETTER TO THE EDITOR, published in the last number of Forum, Dr. Dora Peyser whom I greatly respect asks two questions, probably with her tongue in her check. I have been provoked to reply rather hastily, I fear, to the first of these; the answer to the second must be relegated to another time. "In the name of reason, why not go right back where the great, the natural, the strong determining factors are, to heredity . . . "I have often wondered if there are not . . basic . varieties, types, 'Gestalten' which shape us much more profoundly than some of the exterior influences." In other words, let us blame heredity for Little Laura's behaviour problems and then there will be no more need for social workers, psychiatrists, psycho- logists, clergymen, social reformers, even medical practitioners, and a host of other people who seek to change, direct, improve or control human development, behaviour and environment. Is not the writer guilty of the one-sided determinism that she herself deplores, at a time too when we thought we had heard the last of determinism? She has certainly drawn attention to the

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Published: Jun 1, 1955

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