Nature-Nurture Debate

Question 1

Nature A01

Answer 1

Nativists argue that human characteristics are determined by heredity and the extent of this can be measured using a heritability coefficient

Question 2

Nurture A01

Answer 2

Lerner identified different levels of pre and post natal environment

Question 3

Relative importance of heredity and environment

Answer 3

Nature and nurture influences cannot be logically separated

Question 4

The Interactionist Approach

Answer 4

Attachment - temperament and parenting

Diathesis stress model to explain schizophrenia - Tinenari et al.

Epigenetics - interactions between genes and environment may affect future generations