Issues and debates Flashcards

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What is the nature-nurture debate?

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A debate concerned with the extent to which aspects of behaviour are a product of inherited or acquired characteristics.

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What do nativists (nature) believe in?

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Argue hat human characteristics are innate and the results of heredity.

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What do empiricists (nurture) believe in?

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Argue that the mind is a ‘blank slate’ at birth, and our behaviour is the results of learning and experience from the environment.

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What do interactionists argue?

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That nature and nurture are linked, so it does not make sense to separate the two. Researchers should therefore study how they interact and influence each other

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What is the diathesis-stress model?

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It is caused by a genetic vulnerability which is only expressed when coupled with an environmental trigger. e.g. Schizophrenia

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What is epigenetics?

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A change in our genetic activity without changing the gene themselves and is caused by interaction with the gov.

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Which approaches agree with nurture?

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  • Behaviourist
  • Humanistic
  • Social Learning Theory
  • Psychodynamic
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One strength of

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One limitation of

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