concerned with the extent to which behaviour aspects of behaviour are a product of inherited or acquired characteristics
Nativists argued that human characteristics are innate
Empiricists argued that the mind is a blank slate and is shaped by the environment
interactionist approach
Nature and nurture interact.For example,attachment patterns between an infant and its parents are often the result of the child’s innate temperament and its influence on the parent response
diathesis stress model
Suggests that psychopathology is caused by biological/genetic vulnerability(the diathesis)which is only expressed when coupled with a biological or environmental trigger(the stressor)
epigenetics
Refers to a change in our genetic activity without changing our genetic code.Interactions with the environment leave epigenetic marks on our DNA which tell our body what genes to ignore and which to use which is then passed on.
