nature nurture

• nature- behaviour is seen as being a product of innate (including bio or genetic factors)

  
  

  for example offending are said to have a genetic component.

  Research has found concordances rates 52% MZ 21 DZ suggesting

  that nature is a powerful contributing factor in

  offending behaviour.
• nurture suggests that our behaviour is a product of environmental influences which are caused by our interactions with the environment. The interactions include our physical and social world and can be referred to as 'experience'

  for example phobias can be learnt through classical conditioning
• heredity

  the process by which traits are passed from parents to their offspring usually referring to genetic inheritance, linking with nurture
• interactionist approach

  is the view that the process of nature and nurture work together rather than in opposition most researchers are now interested in investigating the ways in which nature and nurture interact to shape human behaviour