Its Hard To Seperate Nature And Nurture Flashcards
the interactionist approach states that
nature and nurture interact to form a persons character
The Interactionist Approach: Gottesman date
1963
The Interactionist Approach: Gottesman suggested that people have
a reaction range
The Interactionist Approach: a reaction range means everyone has
a certain genetic potential for things like intelligence and height - the genotype
The Interactionist Approach: the environment determines how much
this potential is fulfilled - the phenotype
The Diathesis-Stress Model: suggests that people have
genetic predispositions for disorders such as schizophrenia
The Diathesis-Stress Model: a person with a higher diathesis (vulnerability) is
more likely to develop the trait but whether they do depends on the amount of stress they experience
determining how far nature or nurture control characteristics can be
complicated by genotype-environment correlations - correlations between a person’s genes and their environment
Plomin et al date
1977
Plomin et al (1977) identified
three types of genotype-environment correlations
what are Plomin et al (1977) three types of genotype-environment correlations
Passive
Reactive
Active
Passive
people with similar genes are likely to experience similar environments
Reactive
genetically determined characteristics may shape a persons experiences
Active
people with particular inherited tendencies might seek out certain environments which will shape their behaviors just as their genetic background does
