nature/nurture Flashcards

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nature

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suggests that we are the product of our genetic inheritance, such that how we behave is due to the factors innate within us

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nurture

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we are the products of our upbringings such that how we behave is due to our personal encounters and experiences

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strengths of the nature debate

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  • supported by evidence of behaviour appearing to be difficult to change
  • could potentially be useful
  • probably not bias 0 biological factors affect people the same way anywhere
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weakness of nature debate

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  • may not be possible to change a person’s nature
  • too reductionist - behaviour is too complicated to be attributed to single genes
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strengths of nurture debate

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supported by evidence of behaviour being open to change
- suggests ways to change behaviour by changing how a child is brought up

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weaknesses of nurture debate

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  • could be socially sensitive, leading children to blame their parents for how they were brought up
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monozygotic twins

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identical - ovum splits and forms two separate embryos

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dizigotic twins

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fraternal - two ova are separately fertilised by two sperm and then develop in the same womb such twins are as genetically similar to each other as any brothers and sisters are

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