Efforts to identify the interactive influences of inherited personality traits and culturally prescribed educational practices on the intellectual development of children is most central to the major issue of
A) stability and change.
B) conception and prenatal development.
C) continuity and stages.
D) nature and nurture.

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The question is referring to the ongoing debate in psychology about the relative importance of innate (nature) and environmental (nurture) factors in shaping human behavior and development. Identifying the interaction between personality traits and educational practices would contribute to the understanding of how these two factors work together to influence intellectual development, which is a key issue in the nature vs. nurture debate. Therefore, the correct answer is D) nature and nurture.

Efforts to Identify the Interactive Influences of Inherited Personality Traits