Nature vs Nurture

Question 1

nature vs nurture debate

Answer 1

importance of heredity and environment in determining development and behaviour

nature - biological and genes

nurture - environmental factors

Question 2

heredity: nature

Answer 2

nativists

genetic inheritance

MZ twins - 40% concordance rate for SZ

DZ twins - 7% concordance rate for SZ

shows genes play a part

Question 3

evolutionary approach: nature

Answer 3

behaviours and characteristics that are adaptive will be naturally selected

bowlby’s monotropic theory

attachment is adaptive as infant will get care and pass on their genes

Question 4

behaviourist approach: nurture

Answer 4

empiricists

social learning theory

lerner argues pre-natal environment can influence our development

Question 5

interactionist approach: nature vs nurture

Answer 5

combination of nature and nurture

diathesis-stress model - illnesses are both nature and nurture