Chapter 3: Nature vs Nurture Flashcards
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Nativism
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The view that many skills and abilities are native to the organism as a result of genetic inheritance
2
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Empiricism
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The view that all knowledge results from learning and experience
3
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Altricial species
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Species whose young are incapable of moving on their own after birth
4
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Chronological age
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A person’s actual age, as opposed to their mental age
5
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g
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term used to denote general intelligence
6
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Genetic determinism
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The hypothesis that people become who they are due to their genetic inheritance
