Nature V Nurture Flashcards
Natavism
All human characteristics are innate
Who founded the natavistic stance?
Rene Descartes
Natavism e.g.
Genetic explanation for Sz
Genes for offening
Heretibility
degree to which something is inherited - displayed as a decimal
Empiricism
the mind is a tabula rasa and what we become is dependent of the environment and experience
Who began the empiricist stance?
John Locke
Empirisism e.g.
Freud’s idea of a weak superego leading to offending behaviour
Lerner’s level of the environment
the environement can operate at varying levels each which exert a different impact on individual
Lerner’s Levels of Environment e.g.
Environmental stressors for Sz = family dysfunction and cannabis
Constructivism
Nature creates nurture
Belskey & Rovine’s temperanment hypothesis
nature -> nurture -> behaviour
Epigenetics
Nurture creates nature
environment triggers genes + genetic changes which are passed onto child
Dias & ressier = rats feared a scent and passed on to offspring
Diathesis stress model
genetic potential for disroder -> trigger by environmenta; stressor -> disorder
Diathesis stress e.g.
Tienari’s adoption study + Caspi et al
Investigating NVN
Family studies
+many ppts
-same environment as close relatives
Twin studies
+each other’s control
-never 100% concordance rate
Adoption studies
+closest to seperating N and N
-usually adopted into similiar environments
Impact of extreme empiricist stance
Belief we can shape behaviour how we like e.g. conversion therapy
