The Nature-Nurture Debate Flashcards
1
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what is the nature argument?
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- human character is innate/ hereditary
- behaviourist like Locke say mind is blank slate
- hereditary coefficient measures how much a characteristic is genetic
2
Q
what is the nurture argument?
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- Lerner (86) indrfied different levels of environmental induce as its broad
- defined in terms of prenatal experiences and childhood experiences (social and historical context)
3
Q
what is the interactionist approach?
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- idea that nature and nurture intertwine so its bad to separate them (in town studies high concordance due to genetics or shared upbringing?)
- childs’ innate temperament can affect the way parent treats them, which then affects the child (belsky 1987)
4
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what does the diathesis stress model show?
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- says psychopathology caused by genetic vulnerability expressed by environmental triggers
- Tienari (14) did study with adoptees and ones with schizo vulnerability more likely to get it and have bad relationship with adopters
5
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what is epigenetic?
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- change in genetic activity without change to genetic code
- lifestyle like smoking and diet can mark DNA
- third aspect of nature/nurture is experience of previous generations
- Dias shocked male mice when they smelled a chemical and found their children also feared smell without shocks
6
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- implications of nativism and empiricism
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- nativism say genes decide characteristics and environment has little input
- leads to controversy with race genetics and intelligence
7
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- shared and unshared environments
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- sibling in same family may not have same upbrining
- dunn and plomin (90) showed individual differences like temperament (important in handling things like divorce)
- explains why MZ twins don’t have prefect concordance
8
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+ constructivism
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- people select environments appropriate for their nurture
- aggressive child comfortable around aggressive people, affects development
- impossible to separate nature nurture
