nature vs nurture Flashcards
1
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nature
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behaviour is seen to be a product of innate, biological factors - Descartes
2
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nurture
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behaviour is seen to be a product of environmental influences, the mind is a tabula rasa or blank slate at birth and everything we become which follows that is all due to learning and experience - Empiricists
3
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heritability coefficient
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established to assess the extent to which a characteristic has a genetic basis. It ranges from 0-1, with 1 meaning it is entirely genetically determined.
4
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interactionist approach
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the idea that nature and nurture are linked to such an extent that it does not make sense to separate the two and instead the focus is on how they interact and influence each other.
