sociologists and psychologists have argued for centuries about how a person's character is formed. the ardument has long been known as "nature versus nurtuer," describing the two main opposing theories. the first theory says that character is formed genetically before birth. according to this theory, nature-through genrtics-detemines what a person will be like. the other theory says, on the contrpry, that a newborn baby has no definite character. the child's develops as he or she grows up, and the development of that character is influenced by the child's family and social environment. thus, acvording to the second theory, the most important factors are