_______ refers to heredity and _______ refers to environmental influences.

A) Nature; nurture
B) Cognition; emotion
C) Nurture; behavioral genetics
D) Cross-sectional; longitudinal

Heredity

The transmission of physical or mental traits from one generation to the next through genetics.

Environmental Influences

External factors such as culture, education, social relationships, and physical surroundings that affect individual behavior and development.

Nature

The phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations.