HSC Section B

Question 1

Nature

Answer 1

Are genetical inherited and biological factors that are physical characteristics such as eyes and hair colour.

Question 2

Nurture

Answer 2

Are influenced on external factors such as social and environmental factors, and lifestyle choices such as exercises, diet and living conditions.

Question 3

What was Bandara’s theory ?

Answer 3

Bandara theory is when he carried out an experiment with nursery aged children. Some of the children observed aggressive actor hit a Bobo doll. While the other half observed non-aggressive behaviour shown to the Bobo doll.

Question 4

What did Bandura discover ?

Answer 4

The half of the children, who were shown an adult hitting the doll aggressively hit the doll themselves and reacted the act when left alone with the Bobo doll later. What made Badura conclude children who are raised and exposed/encouraged to violence are more likely to recreate it than those who are not.

Question 5

What is the Stress Diaphysis model ?

Answer 5

Stress Diaphysis model acknowledges that their are biological, psychological and societal that are a cause/development of stress.

Question 6

What does the Stress Diaphysis Model see ?

Answer 6

TheStress Diaphysis Model sees Biological factors like genetic vulnerability with psychological factors such as stress.

Question 7

What does Stress Diaphysis model state ?

Answer 7

The model states that both a vulnerability to a disorder and a stress-trigger are necessary in order to develop the condition
1 or more factor makes a person vulnerable to developing a disorder. The onset of the condition is triggered by stress.

Question 8

What is Genetic Predisposition ?

Answer 8

Genetic Predisposition is when someone inherits the possibility to develop a certain condition. Being predisposed mean that you will have higher chance of developing that condition.

Question 9

What does it mean for someone to have a genetic predisposition ?

Answer 9

A person may have a genetic predisposition to a mental illness but the disorder may never develop.

Question 10

Can your change environmental factors ?

Answer 10

You cannot change the environment factors to reduce the effect of the condition. The World Health Organisation says that most disease have environment and genetic factors.