Nature vs Nurture

Question 1

Nature

Answer 1

Hereditary/innate factors
Nativist: maturation plays a role as some characteristics may only appear after a person has matured

Question 2

Genetics

Answer 2

Family, twin & adoption studies
Study of schizophrenia (Joseph 2004)

Question 3

Evolutionary

Answer 3

Based on that a behaviour or characteristic that promotes survival & reproduction will be naturally selected
(Bowlby 1969)

Question 4

Nurture

Answer 4

Behaviour coming from the environment/external factors
Nurturist: some sort of external stimulation to create behaviour
‘Tabula rasa’- ‘blank slate’ onto which experiences were drawn

Question 5

Behaviourism

Answer 5

Behaviourists- assume that behaviour can be explained in terms of experience alone
Classical conditioning

Question 6

Double bind theory

Answer 6

(Gregory Bateson 1956)
(R.D. Laing)

Question 7

Interactionist approach

Answer 7

The view that both nature and nurture work together to shape human behaviour