1.2-debates over acquisition of identity

Cards (7)

  • what is nature?
    behaviour determined by genetics
  • what is nurture?
    behaviour determined by socialisation
  • what are feral children?
    people who haven't been brought up in normal circumstances and have not therefore been socialised into the norms and values of their society
  • what are some examples of feral children?
    horst the puppy boy and isabel the chicken girl
  • lombrosso- criminal gene
    lombrosso proposed a criminal gene where he believed criminality was inherited and could be identified by certain physical features
  • historical evidence
    people's behaviour change over time
  • anthropological evidence
    anthropologists study and compare societies from all over the world and proved something called cultural diversity