Tempus Wrote:I personally think nurture plays a very big role in child development, although I don't think we're born as blank slates. I think people can be easily conditioned, especially at a young age. For example, fear of most things, in my opinion, is learned. I'm only a layman in psychology though.
I reckon we all start as blank books but we have the tools to write the 'useful stuff' down for survival. Like you say, we learn what things to fear or be careful with, such as hot things through our 5 senses toolkit.
I'm just curious, what do you think we're born with when you say we don't start as blank slates?
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
