Nature Vs Nurture

Question 1

What view is nature ?

Answer 1

Biological view

Question 2

What is nature (biological view )

Answer 2

People born with the natural desire or uncontrollable instinct and features that is with being biologically human

Question 3

Examples of nature (biological view )

Answer 3

• when women cuddle babies it’s part of their maternal instinct
• when men rape women is part of their uncontrollable sexual desire

Question 4

What view is nurture ?

Answer 4

Sociological view

Question 5

What is nurture (sociological view ) ?

Answer 5

People behavior is socially learnt. Desires , attitudes and patterns of behaviour is different based on societies. Human behavior is learnt by socialisation

Question 6

Examples of nurture (sociological view )

Answer 6

• Gender differences of men being aggressive and women being emotional
• language is socially created if babies are spoken to cannot speak language

Question 7

What are the four ways to research debate of nature vs nurture ?

Answer 7

1. Twin studies
2. Studies of feral children
3. Experiment
4. Cross-cultural studies

Question 8

What are the studies for the twin studies ?

Answer 8

• Oskar and Jack
• Jim and Jim

Question 9

What was found by Thomas Bouchard and the twin study of Jack and Oskar ? Similarities and differences?

Answer 9

• Oskar was raised by grandmother in Germany in catholic faith and Jack was raised in the Caribbean by father in Jewish Faith but when they met they had wore the exact same suit, had same similar jokes , favourite food , mannerism, choice in clothes but different political views

Question 10

What did Thomas Bouchard find in twin study for Jim and Jim?

Answer 10

Jim and Jim were raised apart but when they met had the same tension headaches, nail biting, drove the same car and had same brand of cigarettes

Question 11

What are the studies for the studies for feral children?

Answer 11

• Isabel the chicken girl
• Kamala and Amala - wolf children
• genie

Question 12

What is a feral child ?

Answer 12

Child without human contact or no experience of human care

Question 13

What is the Isabel the chicken girl for feral children about ?

Answer 13

Isabel was found in Portugal at 10 and was left since she was born in a chicken coop. She could not speak , not toilet trained , malformed due to malnutrition and expressed emotion by beating her arms like hens

Question 14

What does Kamala and amala : wolf children study for feral children say ?

Answer 14

Two girls lived with wolves in India. Who were lost in jungle. They howled , walked on all fours, ate directly from a bowl just like wolves

Question 15

What happened to genie according to feral children

Answer 15

She was shut in her room with no human contact and strapped to potty chair with no interaction with humans for 10 years due to her father saying he was protecting her as she was disabled. She eventually did learn to communicate but no fluently to damage from lack of care so no socialisation could help her for her isolation

Question 16

What is the study for experiments ?

Answer 16

Bruce Reimer

Question 17

What is Bruce Reimer for experiment

Answer 17

• twin boys Bruce and Brian Reimer
• Bruce penis was destroyed in circumistion surgery and parents saw a psychologist that suggested he should be raised as a girl as nurture is important than nature so name was Brenda , wore dresses, played with dolls and was eventually told the truth due to being unhappy after attempted suicide he got married changed name to David but still took a toll on him and commited suicide

Question 18

Studies for cross culture ?

Answer 18

• Hamar tribe
• Margret Mead
• Ik tribe northern Uganda