The [[nature]] versus '''nurture''' debate concerns the [[relative]] importance of an [[individual]]'s innate qualities ("nature," i.e. nativism, or innatism) versus [[personal]] [[experiences]] ("nurture," i.e. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empiricism empiricism] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorism behaviorism]) in determining or causing [[individual]] differences in [[physical]] and behavioral traits. | The [[nature]] versus '''nurture''' debate concerns the [[relative]] importance of an [[individual]]'s innate qualities ("nature," i.e. nativism, or innatism) versus [[personal]] [[experiences]] ("nurture," i.e. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empiricism empiricism] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorism behaviorism]) in determining or causing [[individual]] differences in [[physical]] and behavioral traits. |