Nature and Nurture (Current debate - The interaction) Flashcards
Name examples of how N+N interact?
- Attachment patterns
- Diathesis Stress Model of Schizophrenia
How does nature and nurture influence?
Nature (heredity) influences Nurture (environment)
Describe how nature and nurture interact within attachment patterns
The way parents respond to their child (nurture) is influenced by an infants innate temperament (nature)
What is the diathesis stress model of schizophrenia?
It combines inherited and environmental influences on mental illnesses
Describe the diathesis stress model
Vulnerability + Trigger = schizophrenia
Who did a study of Finnish adoptees?
Tienari et al (2004)
What was Tienari’s findings? (diathesis stress model)
Adoptees w/ biological relatives w/ a history of schizophrenia
+
A relationship w/ their adoptive families
= Schizophrenia
Who suggested 3 types of interaction?
Scarr and McCartney
What are the 3 types of interaction?
- Passive interaction
- Evocative interaction
- Active interaction
Describe passive interaction
When parents genes influence the way they treat their children
Describe evocative interaction
When the child’s genes influence and shape the environment they grow up in
Describe active interaction
When the child creates its own environment through the people and experiences they select
