Key Debates (AO1) Flashcards

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Nature

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  • All human characteristics and behaviour are innate
  • They are with us from birth + determined by our genetics
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Nurture

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  • We are born a ‘blank slate’
  • The environment shapes us and our behaviour
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Free Will

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  • We are self-determining
  • We make choices + form our own thoughts + actions
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Determinism

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  • All of our thoughts + behaviours are controlled by internal + external forces
  • e.g. biological (genes), environmental or even unconscious forces in our mind
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Holism

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  • You can only fully understand a person by studying them as a whole
  • You need to consider every factor that may have caused a person to act a certain way
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Reductionism

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  • It’s best to reduce behaviour down to more specific parts in order to better understand it
  • e.g. just looking at genetics/family life rather than every possible factor
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Idiographic

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  • Best to focus on 1 individual + consider what makes them unique
  • Studying 1 person + spending more time on them in-depth is better to understand human behaviour
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Nomothetic

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  • Psychology should formulate general laws of behaviour by studying larger groups of people
  • This is in order to be more scientific and rigorous
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