Nature and Nurture(Sylvia)

Innate factors and acquired environment, which is more important has been the subject of debate for psychologist.Today most psychologists agree not only that both nature and nurture play important roles but that they interact continuously to guide development. (Atkinson et al., 1999, page 12)
The development of many human qualities such as character, intelligence, etc., interacted by both innate factors and acquired environment.Innate factors determine our personality, and it’s hard to change, and the acquired environment can only give amend on the personality. For children , the interest is the best teacher, and the interest is largely depends on innate factors, so the development of their own innate factors plays a significant role. Innate factors often determined a person's ability. Therefore, innate factors is not good, person may not be able to control the acquired environment. Good genes will bring up the talent. If people have not a perfect physique and mind, they may do many things feel powerless, unable to control and beyond their grasp.
Congenital basis only, the actual situation cannot be changed, but the acquired environmental good or bad can determine whether a person can progress or more sink. For people, the development is the most important issue, and the existence of genetically determined congenital, acquired environmental impact a person's future. The acquired environmental can change one’s life, and the acquired environmental can compensate for lack of congenital. a person will unconsciously affected by the external environment, these factors virtually literacy in people's character based on innate factors significant change, which plays a decisive role We cannot choose congenital, but we can grasp the acquired environmental, we should take our own life. For example, the seventeenth-century British philosopher John Locke rejected the prevailing notion of his day that babies were miniature adults who arrived in the world fully equipped with abilities and knowledge and who simply had to grow in order for these inherited characteristics to appear. (Atkinson et al., 1999, Page 12 ) The most typical example is the twins, twin children of different growth environment, grow up personality, behavior will appear very different. Genetically determined biological factors, acquired environmental impact behavior and psychological mechanisms. Genetics is the foundation, and acquired education and environment are conditions, both of which cannot be ignored. Capability of a person, such as intelligence and personality, some by genetic effects, are born with, some from the surrounding environment after birth to learn and master. If the child's psychological quality is impatience or stable, is cheerful or depressed, is cowardly or brave, mainly from the parents of the genetic, acquired education difficult to change. The child's thinking, common sense, creativity, imagination and other mental activities, environment and education acquired by the impact of very large, and nurtured by the environment and education to master the wisdom of mental activity, making it play the full intellectual.
Innate factors and acquired environment affect person's intelligence together.That is, if two people had only a small genetically different, but after birth acquired the interaction, the difference will be significant.

Reference：
1.Atkinson et al. Hilgard’s Introduction to Psychology, 12E.(c)1996 Wadsworth
2.www.mightystudent.com