Nature vs Nurture Flashcards

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nature vs nurture debate

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importance of heredity and environment in determining development and behaviour

nature - biological and genes

nurture - environmental factors

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heredity: nature

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nativists

genetic inheritance

MZ twins - 40% concordance rate for SZ

DZ twins - 7% concordance rate for SZ

shows genes play a part

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evolutionary approach: nature

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behaviours and characteristics that are adaptive will be naturally selected

bowlby’s monotropic theory

attachment is adaptive as infant will get care and pass on their genes

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behaviourist approach: nurture

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empiricists

social learning theory

lerner argues pre-natal environment can influence our development

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interactionist approach: nature vs nurture

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combination of nature and nurture

diathesis-stress model - illnesses are both nature and nurture

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