Dodge Kenneth A
Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University.
Merrill Palmer Q (Wayne State Univ Press). 2004 Oct 1;50(4):418-427. doi: 10.1353/mpq.2004.0028.
The contentious nature-nurture debate in developmental psychology is poised to reach a rapprochement with contemporary concepts of gene-environment interaction, transaction, and fit. Discoveries over the past decade have revealed how neither genes nor the environment offers a sufficient window into human development. Rather, the most important discoveries have come from unearthing the manner in which the environment alters gene expression (and how genes impose limits on environmental effects), how biology and the environment influence each other across time, and how maximizing gene-environment fit leads to optimal outcomes for children. The manner in which these factors operate in tandem should direct future scholarship, practice, and public policy.
发展心理学中关于天性与教养的争论一直备受争议，如今有望与基因-环境相互作用、相互影响及适配的当代概念达成和解。过去十年的研究发现揭示了基因和环境都无法为人类发展提供充分的视角。相反，最重要的发现来自于揭示环境改变基因表达的方式（以及基因如何对环境影响施加限制）、生物学和环境如何随时间相互影响，以及基因-环境适配度最大化如何为儿童带来最佳结果。这些因素协同运作的方式应指导未来的学术研究、实践和公共政策。
