Relative Importance Of Hereditory And Environment Flashcards
Why is the nature nurture debate impossible to answer?
Because from the moment we are born they are intertwined
What is an epigenetic?
A change in genetic activity without changing the genetic code
What did Dias and ressler do?
Gave electric shocks to male rats every time they were exposed to acetophenone - showed a fear response every time
Implications of nativism and empiricism?
Nativists suggest that anatomy is our destiny and environment has little impact - controversy
Shared/unshared environments?
Complication rise as even siblings raised in same environment experience different things
Passive interaction?
Parents genes influence the way they treat their children
Evocative interaction?
Childs genes influence and shape the environment which they grow
Active interaction?
Child creates its own environment through the people and experiences it selects