Issues/Debates: nature,nurture

Question 1

Nature

Answer 1

• links to biological determinism, innate influences which may appear at birth e.g mental illness (Schizophrenia) and evolutionary explanations of attachment

Question 2

Nurture

Answer 2

Born as a blank slate and life experiences and environmental contexts shape us (links to environmental determinism)

e.g behaviourist approach and social learning theory

Question 3

Evaluation

Answer 3

(-) Cannot completely separate nature and nurture, may work together (e.g diathesis stress)