THE NATURE-NURTURE DEBATE

Question 1

Nature

Answer 1

the idea that behavior is a consequence of hereditory

Question 2

Nurture

Answer 2

The idea that a behavior is the consequence of the environment

Question 3

Interactionist approach

Answer 3

It considers behavior to be influenced by both nature and nurture

Question 4

Hereditory

Answer 4

the transfer of genetic characteristics from parents to their offspring

Question 5

Environment

Answer 5

the social and cultural forces that shape a persons behavior

Question 6

Theorists for the debate

Answer 6

Nature
Goldin meadow and mylander 1998
Piaget 1952
Gottesman and shields 1976

Nurture
Watson (little albert)
Held and Hein 1963

Interactionist approach
Piaget 1952
Gottesman and shields 1976
Watson
Held and hein
Engel 1977
Maguire et al 2000

Question 7

Maguire

Answer 7

Research suggests tht the nature nurture debate has become a meaningless distinction and there is a gorwing body of researhc which highlights the imporatnce of the interactionist approach

Research examining neural pplasticity in the topic biopsychology siggests that life experiences shape ouir biology. For example, maguire et al 2000 investigated the hippocampi volume of london taxi drivers brains, she found that this region of the brain was larger in taxi drivers in comparison to non taxi drivers

Maguire concluded that driving a taxi actually had an effect on the size of the hippocampi demonstarating evidence that nature can affect nurture