alleryWho is credited with popularising the phrase 'nature versus nurture'?
AFrancis Galton
BJohn Locke
CJohn B. Watson
DCharles Darwin
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Francis Galton
1. The modern sense of the phrase was popularised by the Victorian polymath Francis Galton.
2. Galton is also seen as the founder of behavioural genetics.
3. Locke is linked to the blank slate, Watson to behaviourism, and Darwin to evolution.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Nature versus nurture" (rev 1379405136), section "Lead section"_
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