Nature nurture debate

Question 1

What is the view of Nature?

Answer 1

Behaviour is the product of innate genetic or Biological factors

Question 2

What is the view of Nurture?

Answer 2

Behaviour is the product of Environmental influences

Question 3

What is the view of the interactionist approach?

Answer 3

The view that behaviour is shaped by both environmental and biological factors

Question 4

Give an example of a theory which is nature?

Answer 4

Bowlby’s Monotropic theory:
It is adaptive and passed down with innate snap releasers etc

Question 5

Give an example of a theory which is Nurture?

Answer 5

Classical conditioning:
We learn through associations of environmental stimuli

Question 6

Give an example of a condition which displays the interactionist approach?

Answer 6

PKU:
Gene is inherited however, only expressed in a low protein diet displaying the impact of Nurture

Question 7

Evaluation?

Answer 7

Interactionist: Taxi drivers study

Interactionist: Twin Studies OCD / Depression

Interactionist: Treatments real-world application