nature vs nurture Flashcards
nature
any influenece on behaviour which is genetic
examples
-bio approach
nurture
any influence on behaviour which is due to the environment
- behaviourist approach
interactionist approach
interaction between nature and nurture
strengths of nuture
pavlov shows behaviour is learnt
strengths of the interactionist approach
maguire
-studied taxi drivers and found a positive correlation between increased changes in the hippocampus and the increased time drivivng
freud said that psychosexual stages are innate but also are influenced by the environment - childhood experience
research sows that increased genetic similarity increases the risk howver the absnese of purely 100% conc rate means environement has influence\’