Nature vs Nurture

Question 1

Nature

Answer 1

Genetics, hereditary factors

Question 2

Nurture

Answer 2

The environment; education, tutoring, encouraging work environment

Question 3

Intelligence

Answer 3

The global capacity to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with the environment.

Question 4

IQ

Answer 4

Intelligence Quotient. Deteced by dividing mental age by physical and X 100

Question 5

Researchers; Hereditary

Answer 5

Scarr, Bouchard

Question 6

Researchers; Environment

Answer 6

Daniels, Pulman

Question 7

Findings; Scarr

Answer 7

• Link b/w personality(extraversion/introversion) and IQ, due to hereditary rather than hereditary determining IQ directly.
• Study conducted on black children being adopted by white adults and looking at IQ against black children raised by their own parents. Data from both families suggest that hereditary plays a large role, as differences in IQ from adopted and non-adopted children were minimal.

Question 8

Findings; Bouchard

Answer 8

• Found sets of twins from around the world that had been separated in infancy and raised apart.
• Brought them to a lab; compared to them on:
-Ability
-Personality
-Leisure time
-Vocational interests
-Social attitudes
• Results; Identical twins raised apart, still had similarities.
• IQ still fairly similar raised apart, more than fraternal.
• Heredity makes a relatively strong link to IQ scores.

Question 9

Findings; Daniel/pulman

Answer 9

• Tested socialabiity vs. shyness of children, adopted at 12 and 24 months.
• Test to see if more like biological/adoptive mums.
• Result^^^: found heredity plays a role in shyness and the environment does too.
-Extreme shyness from biological mum; child shy at 2 years.
-Extreme shyness from adoptive parent: child shy at 2 years.

Question 10

Evaluation study

Answer 10

Combine evidence from both hereditary and environment and establish the interaction b/w the two , influecing intelligence.

Question 11

Evaluation study findings

Answer 11

→’Another study’…:
• Investigators followed children of 2 groups of mothers, high IQ and low IQ children.
• Those adopted at birth by parents of&raquo_space;> average income, education.
• Intelligence tests taken during school years showed:
-Low IQ biologically increased -»> above avg. In IQ due to environment.
-High IQ biologically increased -»> very high above average due to environment.
• Heredity and environment important to development. (both have influences)

Question 12

Beckett

Answer 12

Research: suggests that children adopted from orphanages have a greater ability to progress Intellectually, due to the enriched environment, compared to a relatively deprived orphanage evironment. Effects most drastic on