nature - nurture debate

• What does the nature-nurture debate explore?

  Influence of biological vs. environmental factors
• What does 'nature' refer to in the nature-nurture debate?

  Biological and genetic influences on behavior
• What does 'nurture' refer to in the nature-nurture debate?

  Environmental influences shaping behavior
• What does concordance measure in psychology?

  Similarity of traits between individuals
• What does a concordance coefficient of 0.0 indicate?

  Genes are not influential on the trait
• What does a concordance coefficient of 1.0 indicate?

  Genes are the only reason for the trait
• What does the interactionist approach examine?

  Contribution of both nature and nurture
• What does the diathesis-stress model explain?

  Interaction of vulnerability and triggers causing behavior
• What do mirror neurons contribute to?

  Learning behaviors through observation
• What does Gottesman's study on schizophrenia show?

  Genetic similarity increases risk of disorder
• What do twin studies reveal about OCD?

  Higher concordance in MZ twins than DZ twins
• What does the learning theory of attachment suggest?

  Behaviors are learned through conditioning
• What does institutionalization refer to?

  Impact of living in an institution on behavior
• What does family dysfunction refer to?

  Negative family dynamics affecting behavior
• What does epigenetics refer to?

  Changes in genetic activity without altering genes
• How can lifestyle events affect epigenetics?

  They can leave marks that influence gene expression
• What can epigenetic changes influence in future generations?

  Health and genetic predispositions