nature vs nurture

• what is nature?


  behaviours a product of innate biological/genetic factors
• what is nurture?


  behaviours a product of environmental influences
• what is heredity?


  traits passed down through genes
• what is the interactionist approach?

  both nature & nurture work together to shape human behaviour
• what is the environment?

  everything outside the body
• what approach has the nature view?

  biological
• what approaches have the nurture view?

  behaviourist & social learning theory
• what approaches have the interactionist view?

  cognitive, psychodynamic & humanist
• why is the biological approach nature?

  all behaviours inherited through genes
• why is the behaviourist approach nurture?

  humans are born as a blank slate (tabula rasa) and all behaviours learned
• why is the social learning theory nurture?

  behaviours learnt though observation and imitation of role models
• why is the cognitive approach interactionist?

  behaviours the result of internal mental processes which are modified through experiences interacting with the brain
• why is the psychodynamic approach interactionist?

  behaviours caused by the interaction of innate biological drives and early childhood experiences
• why is the humanist approach interactionist?

  humans have an innate drive to self-actualise but the level of unconditional positive regard and experiences shape this journey