Question

Which statement best describes the relationship between heredity and environment in human development?

Options

• Heredity alone determines all traits.

• The environment can completely change inherited traits.

• Heredity provides the foundation, while environment shapes its expression.

• Heredity and environment work independently without interaction.

Answer 1

Heredity provides the foundation, while environment shapes its expression.

Explanation:

Modern psychology recognizes that heredity sets the potential or foundation for traits, while the environment modifies and shapes how these traits are expressed. Both work together in determining human development.