nature vs. nurture

Question 1

nature

Answer 1

argues that behaviours are innate and caused by internal factors - look at roles of biology (evolution, genes, NTs, hormones and brain structures)

Question 2

nurture

Answer 2

argues that behaviours are a result of external environmental factors - social interactions shape how we behave

Question 3

interactionist approach

Answer 3

aims to combine nature and nurture by looking at how genes and our environment interact to determine personality

Question 4

why is nature v nurture a debate

Answer 4

aims to explain behaviour, cognition and varying approaches fully

Question 5

stress-diathesis model

Answer 5

argues that both a genetic predisposition and appropriate environmental trigger are required for a condition to develop

e.g. epigenetics

Question 6

support for stress-diathesis model

Answer 6

Finnish Adoption Study - 155 adopted children with bio mothers with SZ compared to matched group with no family history of SZ
group with SZ mothers had 10% rate of SZ and all of reported cases came from ‘disturbed’ families so when family environment rated at ‘healthy’ SZ didn’t occur even in high risk sample

Question 7

conclusion

Answer 7

widely accepted that both nature and nurture form a continuum and interact
beneficial to adopt an interactionist view e.g. stress-diathesis model would be more comprehensive to study disorders such as SZ or AN