Nature vs. Nurture: Potential Physiological Differences in Adoptees

Theories of ‘nature vs. nurture’ have been debated since before the turn of the nineteenth century, but professionals have yet to come to a consensus regarding the matter.  Perhaps one of the best ways to study this phenomenon is by assessing and analyzing adoptees.  If either nature or nurture were to have a distinguishably significant impact on character development, the changes would be most evident in individuals who were raised by people other than their biological parents, allowing for the separation of genetic and environmental factors in the evaluation of their impact.