Nature Nurture

Question 1

Nature

Answer 1

Behaviour that’s seen to be a product of genetic or biological factors

Question 2

Nurture

Answer 2

Behaviour is a product of environmental factors

Question 3

People who support nature are called

Answer 3

Nativists

Question 4

People who support nurture are called

Answer 4

Empiricists

Question 5

Name two nativist explanations

Answer 5

Evolutionary and genetic

Question 6

Evolutionary explanations

Answer 6

Based on the principe that a behaviour or characteristic that promotes survival and reproduction will be naturally selected

Question 7

Genetic explanation

Answer 7

Explain behaviour in terms of genes hormones and Brian structure

Question 8

Name two nurture explanations

Answer 8

Behaviourism and social learning theory

Question 9

Behaviourism explanation

Answer 9

Behaviourists such as skinner believe all behaviour can be explained by experience alone

Question 10

Social learning theory explanation

Answer 10

Less extreme than behaviourists did allow some biology but the important point was the way a person learns to express feelings is through environmental influences

Question 11

Who supports nature

Answer 11

Bowlby

Question 12

Bowlbys nativist theory

Answer 12

Views the bond between mam and infant as being an innate process that ensures survival. Attachment promotes close relationships which help successful reproduction. So attachment behaviours are naturally selected which can only be done through genetics

Question 13

Who supports nurture

Answer 13

Bandits

Question 14

Banduras bobo does

Answer 14

States that aggression is learned from observation and imitation less extreme than behaviourism allows some biology he acknowledges that the urge to act aggressively may be biological

Question 15

Interactionist

Answer 15

Considering both nature and nurture they work together rather than opposition