Issues and Debates - Nature vs Nurture Flashcards

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Nature debate

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The view that behaviour is the product of innate biological and genetic factors

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What are behaviour traits according to the nature debate?

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Behaviour traits are hereditary

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Nurture debate

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The view that behaviour is the product of environmental factoras

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What debate believes that both nature and nurture work together to shape human behaviour?

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Interactionist

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Examples of theories that take nature side of the debate

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Bowlby’s monotropic theory of attachment
Biological approach (hormones, neurotransmitters and genes)
Forensics

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Examples of theories that take nurture side of the debate

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Social Learning Theory
Learning explanation of attachment
Behaviourist approach

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Why does the interactionist approach have higher validity than the other side of the argument?

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Because it doesn’t isolate any one factor

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Example of interactionism: twin studies

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Twin studies never had a 100% concordance rate. If our behaviour was purely to do with nature, we would expect both twins to have the condition 100% of the time

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Example of interactionism: psychodynamic approach

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Psychosexual stages suggest that behaviour is purely based on nature, however environmental factors also play a part in shaping when the stages occur

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Example of interactionism: cognitive approach

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States that schema shape how we see our environment, however mental framework is also said to be a key factor

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Example of interactionism: biopsychology

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States that nature mainly shapes our behaviour, however plasticity also refers to our brains adapting and changing due to the environment

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