Interactionism and innateness in the evolutionary study of human nature

While most researchers who use evolutionary theory to investigate human nature especially human sexuality describe themselves as "interactionists'', there is no clear consensus on the meaning of this term in this context. By interactionism most people in the field mean something like, both nature and nurture "count'' in the development of human psychology and behavior. Nevertheless, the multidisciplinary nature of evolutionary psychology results in a wide variety of interpretations of this general claim. Today, most debates within evolutionary psychology about the innateness of a given behavioral characteristic or over its development turn as much on which conception of "innateness'' and "interactionism'' the researcher holds as on any empirical data they might derive.