nature v nurture

• nature : determined by biology/ genes (genotype). (bio approach)

  nurture : determined by environment (phenotype) - lerner : pre/ post natal environments. (slt/ behaviourist approach)

  interactionalist approach: how genes and environment interact with each other. (diathesis stress model/ epigenetics)
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  • helped develop constructivism theory - people create their own environment (appropriate to their nature), plomin: niche picking (nature)
  • interactionalist view: twins/ siblings can still have different upbringings despite their biology. (nurture)
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  • can result in extreme views (nativism/ empiricism) - can lead to controversy. nativism : discrimination (eugenics policy) has neg implications (nature).
  • contribution of nat v nur is that it links to determinism - hard determinism, needs to be in the middle of the debate (soft determinism - interact approach).