Nature vs Nurture

Question 1

What is nature?

Answer 1

-importance of heredity that behaviour charctersitics are innate and natural and passed down via genes
-bowlobys monotropic theory social releasers

Question 2

What is nurture?

Answer 2

-mind is a blank slate when we are born and it is shaped by the envrionemnt and learningexperience
-classical conditioning

Question 3

What is the difficulty of the debate?

Answer 3

that enciornmental imapctts start as soon as there born for example its hard to see wether MZ concordance arate are due to shared genetics or shared upbringing
-now they look at the contribution of both aspects

Question 4

What is the interactionist approach?

Answer 4

argues both genetics and the environment play a huge part in human behaviour

Question 5

Example of the interactionist approach?

Answer 5

diathesis stress model
-genetics predispose us to certain behaviour influence by the enviornemtn
-may inherit pcm1 vulnurable triggeres due to stressful life vent

Question 6

Explain the evaluation that nature cannot be a full explanation.

Answer 6

-because if geenes were 100 % the cause of HB
-mZ 100% 100%
-this not the case concordance rate is 48%
-other factors envriojenmtn

Question 7

Explain the evaluation that the interactionist approach may be better?

Answer 7

-suggest that our genetics give us a predisposition to certain behaviour
-genetics are then influence by the enviornemnt
-e.g teinari finish adoptee more likely devel0p schuzo had biloogicsl relatives with schz but also dysfinctional strwssor

Question 8

explain teh evaluation of constrcuticism.

Answer 8

-individuals create there own nurture by seeking environments thaqt are appropirate for there nature
-naturally ageressive feel comfortbale with others like them