nature vs nurture

Question 1

nature definition

Answer 1

the view that behaviour is the product of innate biological or genetic factors.

Question 2

heredity

Answer 2

(genetic inheritance) is the process in which traits are passed down from one generation to the next

Question 3

nurture definition

Answer 3

the view that behaviour is the product of environmental influences

Question 4

the environment

Answer 4

seen as everything outside the body which can include people, events and the physical world

Question 5

the interactionist approach

Answer 5

the view that both nature and nurture work together to shape human behaviour

Question 6

example of nurture

Answer 6

bowlby proposed that children come into the world biologically programmed to form attachments because this will help them to survive.
this suggests that attachment behaviours are naturally selected and passed on as a result of genetic inheritance (heredity mechanisms)
behaviour = attachment
cause = innate/biological factors

Question 7

example of nurture

Answer 7

behavioural psychologists explain attachment in terms of classical conditioning, where food (UCS) is associated with the mother (NS), and through many repeated pairings, the mother becomes a CS who elicits a CR in the child. The child forms an attachment based on the pleasure experienced as a result of being fed.